Neil Paton teaches across the farm animal curriculum at the Royal Veterinary College. Based in South Wales he was involved in herd health teaching on farms in Wales. Doing this it became apparent that infectious diseases were causing a burden to farmers that could be avoided. Working with colleagues at Coleg Sir Gar he set up the Welsh BVD eradication programme (Gwaredu BVD). This is encouraged the government to work consult on legislation that may come into force in 2024. Following this a programme to deal with sheep scab – Gwaredu Scab was set up and is ongoing.