Background

     

Svend Kold grew up and qualified in Denmark before receiving a Carlsberg Travelling Grant that enabled him to join the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket for a year. Shortly afterwards he was invited back by the then Director, Brian Singleton to undertake the post of Research Clinician.

During his tenure at the AHT he completed his PhD Thesis after which he took a years’ sabbatical in 1989 to Colorado State University in Fort Collins to work with the World renowned equine surgeon Prof. Wayne McIlwraith.

In 1991 Svend joined forces with among others John Killingbeck, with the aim of developing what is now the very successful Willesley Equine Clinic. Svend is now senior consultant to the B&W Equine Group which incorporates Willesley Equine Clinic.

In 1993 he gained recognition as a Specialist in Equine Surgery (Orthopaedics) from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons which he continues to hold. He lectures extensively both to lay and learned audiences as well as regularly publishing articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and chapters in textbooks. He is also co-author of the successful 'Clinical Radiology of the Horse' which is now in its 3rd edition and has become a standard textbook.

  


A Grade B Showjumper, one of the first horses in the world to receive a bone graft to repair a large bone cyst

His meticulous attitude and vast clinical experience accumulated over 30 years has led to an increasing amount of expert witness work for both claimants and defendants, including attending County Court and High Court in England, Ireland and Denmark. Svend is a member of The UK Register of Expert Witnesses and the Expert Witness Institute.

Since March 2009 Svend has been a Self-employed Consultant.

Svend is senior Consultant to B&W Equine Group Ltd. at their Breadstone Clinic in Gloucestershire. Through this he also regularly examines horses with referring veterinary surgeons at their premises throughout the South-West in particular and is looking to expand this service.