Dr Paula I. Menzies, DVM, MPVM, Dip ECRHM, is currently associate professor in Ruminant Health Management, Department of Population Medicine, where she is responsible for teaching veterinary students small ruminant health management. She is a member of the Ruminant Field Service group and provides veterinary care to the practice’s clients: cattle, sheep, goats, which is used to train final year DVM students. Moreover, she is the Small Ruminant Research Coordinator for the University of Guelph. Her research interests focus on many aspects of small ruminant health management; current and recent initiatives involve research and extension work in the following areas: flock health management and biosecurity programs, drug use and antimicrobial resistance in sheep flocks, diagnosis and control of caseous lymphadenitis, development of maedi-visna control, udder health management of dairy sheep and goats, prevalence of Q-fever in humans and small ruminants, diagnosis and control of Johne’s disease in dairy small ruminants.