Contact

• workRoom B28 The Vet School Academic Building
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• work0115 951 6399
• Imogen.Richens@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Imogen Richens graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2009. After eighteen months in mixed practice in Cornwall her second job was as a small animal veterinary surgeon at a practice in Nottingham. In 2012 Imogen undertook her PhD researching the social science of dairy cattle vaccination at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science at the University of Nottingham, graduating in 2015.

Imogen has since been a Teaching Fellow in Veterinary Anatomy at the University of Bristol (2015-18) and a Lecturer in Veterinary Nursing Science at Nottingham Trent University (2018-19).

Recent Publications

• CRESSWELL, LIZ, RICHENS, IMOGEN and WAPENAAR, WENDELA, 2019. Handling and storing medicines on beef and dairy farms IN PRACTICE. 41(4), 157-162
• RICHENS, I., HOUDMONT, J., WAPENAAR, W., SHORTALL, O., KALER, J., O'CONNOR, H. and BRENNAN, M., 2018. Application of multiple behaviour change models to identify determinants of farmers’ biosecurity attitudes and behaviours Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 155, 61-74
• BRENNAN, M. L., RICHENS, I, HOUDMONT, J. and WAPENAAR, W., 2017. The reluctant hero: The role of the vet in on-farm cattle biosecurity CATTLE PRACTICE. 25, 288-290
• BRENNAN ML, WRIGHT N, WAPENAAR W, JARRATT S, HOBSON-WEST P, RICHENS IF, KALER J, BUCHANAN H, HUXLEY JN and O'CONNOR HM, 2016. Exploring Attitudes and Beliefs towards Implementing Cattle Disease Prevention and Control Measures: A Qualitative Study with Dairy Farmers in Great Britain. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI. 6(10),

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Past Research

In 2012 I undertook a PhD titled 'Implementation of vaccination strategies on British dairy farms: Understanding challenges and perceptions'. My thesis was submitted in May 2015 and the research was funded by AHDB Dairy, the University of Nottingham and the Centre for Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine. I passed my viva in June 2015 and my corrections were accepted in October 2015.

• CRESSWELL, LIZ, RICHENS, IMOGEN and WAPENAAR, WENDELA, 2019. Handling and storing medicines on beef and dairy farms IN PRACTICE. 41(4), 157-162
• RICHENS, I., HOUDMONT, J., WAPENAAR, W., SHORTALL, O., KALER, J., O'CONNOR, H. and BRENNAN, M., 2018. Application of multiple behaviour change models to identify determinants of farmers’ biosecurity attitudes and behaviours Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 155, 61-74
• BRENNAN, M. L., RICHENS, I, HOUDMONT, J. and WAPENAAR, W., 2017. The reluctant hero: The role of the vet in on-farm cattle biosecurity CATTLE PRACTICE. 25, 288-290
• BRENNAN ML, WRIGHT N, WAPENAAR W, JARRATT S, HOBSON-WEST P, RICHENS IF, KALER J, BUCHANAN H, HUXLEY JN and O'CONNOR HM, 2016. Exploring Attitudes and Beliefs towards Implementing Cattle Disease Prevention and Control Measures: A Qualitative Study with Dairy Farmers in Great Britain. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI. 6(10),
• RICHENS, I. F., HOBSON-WEST, P., BRENNAN, M. L., HOOD, Z., KALER, J., GREEN, M., WRIGHT, N. and WAPENAAR, W., 2016. Factors influencing veterinary surgeons' decision-making about dairy cattle vaccination VETERINARY RECORD. 179(16), 410-+
• RICHENS, I.F, HOBSON-WEST, P., BRENNAN, M.L., LOWTON, R., KALER, J. and WAPENAAR, W., 2015. Farmers’ perception of the role of veterinary surgeons in vaccination strategies on British dairy farms Veterinary Record. 177(November 7),
• BRENNAN, M. L., RICHENS, I, HOBSON-WEST, P. and WAPENAAR, W., 2015. Biosecurity and vaccination: what do your clients see as challenges and opportunities? CATTLE PRACTICE. 23, 352-354
• CRESSWELL, L., RICHENS, I., ARCHER, S., BREEN, J., HUXLEY, J., RANDALL, L., REMNANT, J., WAPENAAR, W., BIGGS, A., KERBY, M. and STATHAM, J., 2013. Veterinary vaccination advice and perceived farmer compliance on UK dairy farms Livestock. 18(5), 166-174
• RICHENS, I. F., BRENNAN, M. L., WAPENNAR, W., HOBSON-WEST, P., WRIGHT, N. and O'CONNOR, H., 2013. Methods used to collect farmers' attitudes, motivators and barriers toward cattle production: a rapid review. In: British Society if Animal Science and the Association of Veterinary Teaching and Research Work. 4. 13