Polly Taylor

Polly Taylor graduated from Cambridge University rather a long time ago. She originally worked in general practice before moving to the Cambridge Veterinary School and then the Animal Health Trust, specialising in anaesthesia. She gained her PhD (Cambridge University) in equine anaesthesia as well as becoming a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (ECVAA). She was the founding President of the ECVAA. In the 1990s she was University Reader at the Cambridge Veterinary School, running the clinical anaesthetic service, teaching undergraduates and post graduates and undertaking research in anaesthesia. She now works as an independent consultant in anaesthesia, with work ranging from clinical anaesthesia and teaching to drug registration, as well as research, particularly in analgesia. She has published numerous papers on anaesthesia and analgesia in many species, particularly cats and horses. She is a director of Topcat Metrology Ltd, developing and supplying bespoke nociceptive threshold testing systems for several species – started in cats.