Staff

Dr. Gerard Cramer, DVM, DVSc.
Gerard graduated from the University of Guelph with his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 2002.  After graduation, he spent a year working part-time at Listowel Veterinary Clinic doing mainly food animal practice. He completed his Doctor of Veterinary Science (DVSc) degree at the University of Guelph in 2007. For his DVSc thesis, his research focused on the prevalence and effects of lameness in Ontario dairy cattle. Prior to opening this practice and while completing his DVSc, Gerard owned and operated the home dairy farm in Palmerston, Ontario.

Gerard’s interest in lameness was fostered by attending the Master Hoof Care Technician program with Drs. Jan Shearer and Sarel van Amstel in Florida in the final year of his DVM degree.  While in practice, he began to realize the opportunities that existed in providing lameness services to the dairy industry.  During his DVSc he had the opportunity to be mentored by various hoof health experts (Drs Charles Guard and Nigel Cook) and the opportunity to attend the last 2 international lameness conferences.  In the Fall of 2008 Gerard attended the Dairy Land Hoof Care Institute run by Karl Burgi to stay current with his knowledge of trimming and to see how a trimming school is run.

Lisa Baarda, Hoof Trimming Technician

Lisa grew up on beef and dairy farms and enjoyed it so much that she knew she wanted a career involving cattle. Currently, she lives near Blyth on a veal farm. Naturally, this country life led her to the Agriculture course at the University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus. After college, she joined Cramer Mobile Bovine Veterinary Services in April 2009 as a Hoof Trimming Techinician. In addition to hoof trimming, her role is to make sure that the tools and chutes are properly cleaned, repacked and ready for the next job.

Kyle DeBoer, Hoof Trimming Technician

Kyle has recently joined our team and his profile will be updated shortly.

Rose Barten, Office Administrator

Rose joined Cramer Mobile Bovine Veterinary Services in November 2010.  A graduate from the Medical Office Administration program at Conestoga College in 1999, she started her career with an Orthopaedic company in Guelph, ON where she worked until 2005.  After taking a few years off to care for her family, Rose joined the CMBVS team as their part time Office Administrator in October 2010.