BEVA pod: Recent Episodes
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In this thought-provoking BEVApod Focus episode we explore the risk of head injuries in equine veterinary practice through a powerful personal account from Grace Twitchett and expert insight from Dr John Tulloch. Together, they examine why these injuries are more common than many realise, the barriers to wearing hard hats, and how the profession can move towards making head protection a normal part of everyday PPE.
Links
- Future Safety
- BARTA
- uvex pheos alpine safety helmet - EN 12492
- PG Mutual Income Protection (BEVA member discount)
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- BEVA News
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- BEVApod
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
Join BEVA President Imogen Burrows, Congress Chair Edd Knowles, Nursing Stream Lead Kassie Hill and long-time exhibitor Tullis Matson for an exclusive preview of BEVA Congress 2026. Hear how this year’s theme, "Doing the right thing", is being brought to life across the programme, from clinical excellence and multidisciplinary learning to practice culture and professional wellbeing. We discuss their Congress highlights, the challenges facing equine practice today, and explain why BEVA Congress remains the place where the equine veterinary community comes together to learn, connect and be inspired. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a Congress regular, this episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at what’s in store for 2026.
Don't miss your chance to save 10% on tickets with our early bird deadline - book before 12 August to save big! Book now
Check out the programme
Meet the exhibitors
In this series of BEVApod Life, Senior Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our June winner, Charly Mould. A team member at Penbode Vets, Charly was nominated for supporting the whole practice team and being the very definition of calm under pressure.
Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month here
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- BEVA News
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- BEVApod
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
In this series of BEVApod Life, Senior Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our May winner, Lara Gosling. Lara was nominated for the amazing work she does at Bransby Horses, always prioritising the welfare of her patients and her commitment to top level care.
Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.beva.org.uk/Home/My-Membership/Member-of-the-month
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- BEVA News
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- BEVApod
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
As part of Veterinary Nurse Awareness Month 2026, Rosina Lillywhite, Alice Robinson and Beth Stewart came together to highlight the vital role of equine veterinary nurses. From hands-on clinical care to critical thinking and teamwork, our guests share what makes the profession so rewarding - and why it’s often misunderstood.
We explore the realities of daily life as a veterinary nurse, challenge common misconceptions, and offer practical advice for those looking to enter the profession. Whether you're in the industry or simply want to understand it better, this episode highlights the dedication, skill, and impact of veterinary nurses.
Links
- BEVA nurse resources (including our Schedule 3 guidelines) - https://www.beva.org.uk/CareerSupport/Nurses/ScheduleThree
- Get to know our Nurse Committee - https://www.beva.org.uk/About-Us/Who-we-are/BEVA-Committees/Veterinary-Nursing
Now working at Lower House Equine Clinic, Maddy Baly graduated from Nottingham Vet School in 2025 and had already scoped out a potential career path during her time on EMS. When a job came up in a practice that were 'her' people', the stars started to align. But far from resting on her laurels, Maddy treats every opportunity as a chance to learn. This approach has proved hugely rewarding and demonstrates the potential for enjoying being an equine vet is out there for anyone who wants to go and find it!
Links
- BEVA School Students Hub
- BEVA Student Hub
- BEV New Grads Hub
- BEVA Jobs Board
- BEVA Career Coaching
In this series of BEVApod Life, Senior Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our new member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our April winner, Kai Cahun. Nominated by his practice having started as an intern, they wanted to recognise the immense dedication Kai shows to working at World Horse Welfare, supporting junior clients and keeping clients happy.
Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.beva.org.uk/Home/My-Membership/Member-of-the-month
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
Links
- BEVA News
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- BEVApod
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- BEVA News
- BEVA Consultations
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- BEVApod
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
In this series of BEVApod Life, Senior Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our new member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our March winners, Cassie and Simon Woods. Directors at Lower House Equine Clinic, Cassie and Simon were put forward for their commitment to the BEVA Trust.
Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.beva.org.uk/Home/My-Membership/Member-of-the-month
Find out more about the BEVA Trust and upcoming opportunities at https://www.bevatrust.org/
Lucy and Ian discuss the rationale for reviewing and updating the BEVA Euthanasia Guidelines for Insured Horses (first created in 1996, then revised in 2009), highlighting changes in societal attitudes, welfare priorities, and the need for clarity, with input from stakeholders including insurers and the VDS.
Links
- BEVA Euthanasia resources
- BEVA Insurance resources
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- BEVA News
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
In this series of BEVApod Life, Senior Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our new member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our February winner, Angus Yeomans. Angus splits his time between working in the South Downs and at Veterinary Education Malawi, a charity he co-founded. He was nominated for always having a positive attitude, supporting his team members and his dedication to charity work.
Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.beva.org.uk/Home/My-Membership/Member-of-the-month
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- BEVA News
- Project WORMS livery yard survey
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- BEVApod
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
In this series of BEVApod Life, Senior Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our new member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our January winner, Gayle Wotherspoon from Perth Equine Vets. Gayle was nominated for being a real asset to the team, keeping her clients happy and throwing herself into every part of life as an equine vet - including hobby horsing!
Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.beva.org.uk/Home/My-Membership/Member-of-the-month
Sophie Eaden and Vicky Jux are joined by guest, Hannah Perrin, for the first of our BEVAxSPVS podcasts to talk about the challenges of leadership and how having the right network can help. Hannah brings a wealth of experience and expertise to this topic and shares with us her S.P.A.C.E acronym for the people you need around you. The discussion then delves into why you need those people and where you can find them.
We're excited to be bringing you a whole series of BEVAxSPVS podcasts covering a variety of topics so keep your eyes peeled and ears open for future episodes.
This episode is the audio from December's (2025) Clinical Catch Up, titled "The Cascade in practice" where BEVA President, Imogen Burrows, talks to internal medicine specialist, Mark Bowen, about the use of the Cascade in equine practice.
Links
- BEVA Position Statement on Cost Considerations and the Prescribing Cascade
- BEVA's Cascade and prescribing specials resources
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- BEVA News
- Managing equids of unknown ownership toolkit
- Save the vet school - University of Cambridge
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- BEVApod
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
In this series of BEVApod Life, Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our new member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our December winner, Emiliano Espinar, owner of Espinar Equine Vets . Emiliano was nominated by a colleague for being deeply committed to his team, clients and patients and for just being an all-round great guy.
Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.beva.org.uk/Home/My-Membership/Member-of-the-month
In this episode, Lucy sits down with Imogen Burrows, BEVA's current President, to discuss a brand-new resource designed for those all-too-familiar out-of-hours dilemmas: urgent cases involving equids of unknown ownership. Imogen talks through why she created this one-stop shop toolkit, developed with support from the RSPCA and the Police, to support vets who find themselves in situations where the owner can't be traced and quick decisions are needed. Together, they explore:* why these cases can be so challenging, especially for vets who haven't encountered them before * What's inside the toolkit and how it can help you * How the RSPCA and Police contributed to its development * Real-world scenarios where the resources can be invaluable
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- BEVA News
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- BEVApod
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
- EIDS Q3 EQDSR
- EGS risk model sign up
- Atypical Myopathy Alert Group (AMAG) report a case
- US EHM updates
In this series of BEVApod Life, Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our new member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our November winner, Sam Crouch from Bell Equine Clinic. Sam was nominated by a colleague for being a stud work superhero in the practice, keeping everything running seamlessly without seeking credit. Sam is also our first nurse winner! Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.beva.org.uk/Home/My-Membership/Member-of-the-month
In recent years we've talked a lot about how we try to get clients to change their behaviours but how do we make changes in our practice or the profession? Realistically the method is the same but for both it can be really easy to fall into doing what's known in the behaviour change world as an "ISLAGIATT" (it seemed like a good idea at the time) approach. Listen in as Melissa, equine vet turned researcher turned behaviour change specialist, tells us about a useful framework and strategy to help us not waste our time and energy on doing things that are unlikely to have the impact we want them to.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
Links
- BEVA News
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- BEVApod
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
In this series of BEVApod Life, Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our new member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our October winner, John Pate from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. John was nominated by his colleague for his unwavering support to students and inspirational manner. Not only does he encourage students from all backgrounds to consider equine, but he's dedicated himself to raising money for Marie Curie in memory of his Mum.
You can donate to John's London Marathon fund here - https://2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/john-pate
Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.beva.org.uk/Home/My-Membership/Member-of-the-month
Kate wasn't sure she wanted to be a vet and without the required subjects for traditional course entry, she embarked on Nottingham's 'prelim' course. She took her time exploring options with mixed practice, first opinion equine, before undertaking an internship. Following this she used her 'veterinary passport' to make the most of seeing the worlds and has settled for an antipodean life as a repro vet... for now! Currently she is working towards her Diploma with the American College of Theriogenologists via the alternate pathway, and has hopes for furthering assisted reproductive techniques in New Zealand's South Island.
Links
- BEVA Career Support for Vet Students
- BEVA Career Support for New Grads
- BEVA Career Support for Vets
- BEVA Guide to Residencies
- Veterinary Medicine and Surgery including a Preliminary Year BVM BVS with BVMedSci
Imogen is a first opinion practitioner at Bell Equine, in Kent. With unwavering passion she chairs the Ethics & Welfare Committee, heads projects which focus on welfare, and has started planning Congress 2026 with welfare forefront and centre. Far from covering the obvious ways in which our profession should consider welfare, her approach to 'everyday welfare' is set to provoke us into considering welfare as a concept in everything we do, both for ourselves and our patients.
Links
- BEVA Ethics & Welfare Committee
- BEVA Welfare Case Toolkit
- BEVA Projects
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- BEVA News
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- BEVA Newshour session is on Wiley Online Library
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- EQDSR Q2 Focus Article
- WNV Test to Exclude
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- BEVApod
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- BEVA News
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- BEVApod
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
Rosina and Marie talk us through the practical teaching offerings for vets and nurses at Congress this year. From suturing, bandaging, radiography and ultrasound, to nerve and joint blocks, including practical sessions with the Arthrex team in their bespoke mobile teaching laboratory. There is also sessions with BARTA exploring the role of vets and nurses in civil emergencies. And we have the nursing practicals which form part of Friday's Nursing Stream. All made possible thanks to our wonderful sponsors and supporters!
Sponsors:
- Altano
- Arthrex
- IMV
- Celtic SMR
- Podoblock
- Essity
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kruuse
- BARTA
Junior Vice President, Kate Blakeman, and farm vet and RCVS Council member, Paddy Gordon, discuss the new 'One To Watch' award which BEVA has launched this year. The winner will be announced at Congress and presented with a trophy, one year's BEVA membership, a fully paid Congress experience and exclusive career-boosting opportunities. All finalists will receive a one-day ticket to Congress... we can't wait to find out who they are!
Links
- One To Watch Award launched
- Farm Vet of the Future
- BEVA Congress 2025
- BEVA Leg Up one-to-one career coaching
- BEVA Back In The Saddle group career coaching
What have this year's Congress Committee got in store for you in Birmingham this September?.' with Nicola Lynch and April Lawson
"Nicola and April talk us through the Scientific Programme for this year's Congress. New approaches to orthopaedic pain, PPE findings, pregnancy complications, imaging abnormalities and the use of PET, changes facing the industry, moral maze on horses in sport, minimising injuries, advances in the approach to rehabilitation, managing cases where referral isn't an option, head-scratching skin cases, worrisome worms, cardiac conundrums, dental detective work, positive interaction with patients, metabolic mysteries, lameness evaluation, career conversations, and highlights from all the latest research!
In this series of BEVApod Life, Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our new member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our August winners, Antonia Milner and Stuart Altoft from Summerleaze Equine Vets. Recently returning from many years in the charity sector to join Summerleaze, a new recruit at the practice nominated Antonia and Stuart for going above and beyond to support them as they made the career change.
Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.beva.org.uk/Home/My-Membership/Member-of-the-month
BEVA President, Bruce Bladon, and Chair of the 2025 Congress Committee, Rose Tallon, talk us through what is on offer this year in Birmingham. From the President's Reception at The Alchemist, and the President's Choice stream on Excellence in Surgery, to the industry wide moral mazes on horses in sport and working together in cross-disciplinary teams. There are practical's and panel discussions, workshops and clinical research presentations covering all the topics and fields you could ask for. Something for everyone, whether you're an vet or a nurse, ambulatory GP or seasoned surgeon, student or retiree... grow your brain and grow your social network within the community that is BEVA!
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- BEVA member of the month
- BEVA news
- BEVA Congress
- EIDS website
- Send a sweet nudge to catch up at Congress
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- BEVA member benefits
In this series of BEVApod Life, Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our new member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our July winner, Deirdre Baird from McGonnell & Gillatt Horse Vets. Deirdre was nominated by her colleague as an out of hours superhero who despite having the worst luck when on call, always gets the job done with a smile on her face!
Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.beva.org.uk/Home/My-Membership/Member-of-the-month
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- BEVA News
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- MonitorME
- Test to exclude West Nile Virus in Horses - GOV.UK
- EIDS
- BEVA Grand Prix
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- Congress send a chocolate
- LIHS 2025
- BEVApod
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- EVJ Racehorse Safety online collection
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
- BEVA Webshop
Most of us have grown up being told it's rude to talk about money, but is that helping us or hindering us? Council member Sophie Eaden talks to, equine vet and personal finance expert, Alice Barker about how to have better conversations about our salaries and why that's important. They also discuss the dreaded salary negotiation conversations and how to handle them like a pro. Then finish up with some top tips for handling your finances once you get that salary that you're hoping for.
Attached are links to Alice's social media where she shares conversations with vets from all over the UK about their salaries, as well as the salary spreadsheet and negotiation guide that are mentioned.
Links:
- This Vet Can instagram account
- Ultimate Salary spreadsheet
- Never get underpaid again advice
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- BEVA News
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- BEVApod
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
Talking about our feelings may still seem a bit fluffy to many of us in the equine veterinary profession but did you know it can improve patient safety as well as team cohesion and retention? Sarah Emptage from Bell Equine shares how they conduct "wellbeing rounds", what these are and how to set them up as well as the beneficial effects that running them has had on the team. With a growing evidence base in the medical profession to support these sorts of discussions listen in to hear how you can implement them within your practice.
Following on from the publication of BEVA's Schedule 3 guidelines in 2023,Marie and the BEVA Nurse Committee have been working hard with Jim Green at BARTA to understand the role of the equine RVN in emergency rescue situations. The new guidelines being published jointly by BEVA and BARTA aim to highlight the role of the RVN during these high stress and challenging situations to further improve animal welfare, client communication and team work with other professionals. It is hoped that these guidelines will help to empower RVNs to utilise their skills and develop new and rewarding roles within the equine veterinary profession.
Check out the guidance here.
Sign up to our Hands-On Nursing: Take Your Skills Further course and our Role of the Equine RVN in Response to Civil Emergencies (BEVA/BARTA Guidelines) course.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
Links
- BEVA News
- BEVA's One To Watch Award
- BEVA Awards
- Send a chocolate campaign
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- BEVA Trust
- BEVA CPD
- BEVApod
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
- A review of the equine suspensory ligament: Injury prone yet understudied
- Performance of Warmblood horses following tenoscopic desmotomy of the main part of the accessory ligament of the superficial digital flexor tendon for treatment of tendinopathy: 62 cases
Bruce explains why monitoring antibiotic usage in equine practice is an essential next step for us if we want to avoid losing some of our most critical antibiotics.
Links
- MonitorME
- Eclipse
- VetIT
- Antibiotic usage in 14 equine practices over a 10-year period (2012–2021) by Rose E. Tallon, Brian Whitt, Bruce M. Bladon (EVJ)
- VARRS update 2024
- BEVA Drugs app
The Back in the Saddle group career coaching scheme was launched in 2024 and received overwhelmingly positive feedback from its first cohort. We invited coachee, Vicky Jux, to share her experience of being part of this initiative, which is free to member and open to vets and nurses who are over 5 years qualified. The impact of this coaching on those involved is seemingly more far-reaching than anyone expected!
Applications are open until Wednesday 21 May for our second cohort, apply today! https://form.asana.com/?k=YgbV0AP4QenGbWwdtIpXcQ&d=11947487954206
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- Back in the Saddle
- BEVA Grand Prix
- Horse Trust's Healthiest Body Condition Awards
- SPVS Salary Questionnaire
- Voconiq Report
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- MonitorME
- EIDS
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- BEVA CPD
- BEVA Congress 2025
- Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts
- Equine Veterinary Education Podcast
- 'Clinical and morphological features of corneal lymphoma in 26 horses (27 eyes)’ by Morris et al.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
Links
- BEVA News
- BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham
- RCVS Finance Team: finance@rcvs.org.uk or 020 7202 0722.
- AMTRA survey
- FEI HorseApp Vaccination Module
- MonitorME
- FEEVA
- National Equine Forum (NEF)
- EIDS
- BEVA CPD
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
- February EVJ In Conversation Podcast
- Kate Allen's article: Ethical issues concerning UK veterinary surgeons practicing in equine sports medicine
- Hilary Clayton's article: Facial pressure beneath a cavesson noseband adjusted to different tightness levels during standing and chewing
- February EVJ On the Hoof podcast
- Ogden, Winderick and Stack's article: Computed tomography of the equine caudal spine and pelvis. Pathological findings in 56 clinical cases (2018–2023)
Hamish is clearly not afraid to challenge his expectations, nor take a punt on an opportunity when it arises... but he's made sure he realises the advantages whilst accepting the challenges and has seen all walks of equine veterinary life, from multi-million pound racehorses to working equids. Far from narrowing down his career choices, this has driven him to maintain the spread of opportunities in front of him and to never pass an open door without at least looking in.
Links
- Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust
- BEVA Trust
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- Voconiq Report
- National Equine Forum 2025
- EIDS
- CCU: Bridle Fit with Russell MacKechnie-Guire
- EVJ’s January On the Hoof podcast
- BEVApod Life: Menopause: supporting the women in our profession with Liz Barton and Gemma Dransfield
- BEVA CPD
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities
Menopause is an increasingly hot topic for the general population, but there are aspects of equine veterinary work which can make elements of this normal ageing process more challenging for those affected and the people around them. Liz talks us through the basic understanding which we all need in order to fully support our workforce during those times, and Gemma relays how far-reaching the impact of menopause is, from the very subtle to the more obvious!
Links
- Wellvet resources
- ‘Medical misogyny’ is leaving women in unnecessary pain and undiagnosed for years
- BVA menopause hub
- Veterinary Menopause Chats
- Wellvet menopause video
- Dr Morton's
- Newson Health
- Balance app (symptom tracker)
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- RCVS workforce model highlights need for more vets working in public health
- VMD seizes over 13,000 unauthorised horse medicines sold illegally online
- Report suspected breached of the AMRs here: 01932 338338 or online.
- How British racing’s data-driven Racing Risk Models are being used to improve outcomes for racehorses.
- The BHA has announced changes to the Rules of Racing, which have been approved by the BHA Board.
- VetCT X-pert Radiation Safety Centre
- National Equine Forum 2025
BEVA's Junior Vice President, Kate Blakeman, talks us through the the new Infectious Diseases hub on the BEVA website. Celia Marr chairs the BEVA Equine Infectious Diseases Group, which worked on this treasure trove of resources which helps vets and nurses out in practice. There are resources for clients also, which vets and nurses can share with the touch of a button. More resources are being worked on and the hub will evolve over time to b your one-stop-shop for clinical sign radars to consensus building tools, endemic to exotic, and biosecurity to vaccines.
Links
- BEVA Equine Infectious Diseases hub
This year Professor Chris Proudman published the first paper to demonstrate associations between a foal’s gut microbiome and its future athletic performance and its future respiratory health. The emerging fields of the "omics" has been one of the most exciting branches of science in recent years. Whilst we're a little way off understanding exactly how to capitalise on this in practice, it's already evident that interventions such as antibiotics and probiotics could potentially have far-reaching impacts on future health and performance.
Links
- Early-life gut bacterial community structure predicts disease risk and athletic performance in horses bred for racing (Leng, J., Moller-Levet, C., Mansergh, R.I. et al. 2024)
- Horse Microbiome Research Group
- Alborada Well Foal Study
- The ALBORADA Trust
- Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB)
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- EVJ Virtual Issue - Antibiotics: Our part in their downfall
- BEVA primary care clinical guidelines: Equine parasite control
- Environmental impacts of equine parasiticide treatment: The UK perspective
- BEVA protectMEtoo guidelines
- CANTER Guidelines (First Edition) 2024
- Austin Davis Laboratories: What's your worm risk?
- BEF and member bodies monitoring EHV reports in France – extra vigilance required
- BEVA Trust
BEVA podcasts:
- November EVJ In Conversation podcast: BEVA Congress 2024 John Hickman Plenary Lecture - 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They? The Past, Present, and Future of Fracture Management' by Dean Richardson
- November EVE podcast: Case Report: Complete abdominal wall rupture in a late-term pregnant mare with pre-existing prepubic tendon rupture with Alex Gillen
- BEVApod Focus: Hold your horses! Have you completed BEVA's new course?
RCVS Specialist in equine behavioural medicine, Gemma Pearson, talks us through the background story of this new course, available free to BEVA members. Gemma has compiled a bite-size, digestible course with the busy practitioner in mind, which includes new material, on equine behaviour and learning theory. Once completed, members will be added to a list on the BEVA website, demonstrating their knowledge and skills in this increasingly important aspect of clinical practice. Not only will you be able to work more safely and efficiently, but also with the calmness and ease that both horses and owners will benefit from and be grateful for.
BEVA members can access the course here.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- Standards & Advice update: Advice published on amended Veterinary Medicines Regulations
- Read the RCVS guide to the VMR changes
- RCVS Registration categories webpage
- Fellowship Day page on the RCVS website
- BEVA warn of risk of sycamores
- Royal Veterinary College’s fact sheet on Atypical myopathy and the British Horse Society a fact sheet on Acorn Poisoning
- Clinical Practice Committee update - October 2024
- Equip Artervac supply issue
BEVA podcasts:
- BEVA Sustainability Working Group at the the Dung Beetle Conference
- EVJ Special Focus Edition: Interdisciplinary approaches to equine soft‐tissue surgery
- October EVJ In Conversation: Peter Rossdale Clinical Evidence Lecture from BEVA Congress 2024: Improving evidence for orthopaedics by Andy Carr
- EVE October podcast Chessie Greenham and Gemma Pearson discuss her article ‘Welfare considerations for management of horses on prolonged periods of box rest
- BEVApod Life: I never thought it would happen to me... but it did with Becky Price, Steph Gillespie and Andy Elkington
- BEVA member PG Mutual Income Protection discounts
- BEVApod Life: Pregnancy, parenting and equine practice with Gemma Dransfield and Kate Blakeman
BEVA CPD:
- BEVA's Christmas Cracker
- Browse all of our courses
Gemma and Kate have both experienced the challenges faced by pregnant women and working parents, which are somewhat unique to those working in the equine veterinary industry. Where Vicki Nicholls' MumsVet initiative served to help, Gemma and Kate carried out the sizeable task of reviewing and updating the information provided. By working as a supportive community to help each other practices benefit from a happier workforce with increased trust and empathy across the team.
Access our pregnancy and parenting resources
Illness and injury can happen to anyone, but as equine vets and nurses we're at increased risk of being rendered unable to work. Two BEVA members have come to share their experiences of being off work and how income protection helped them through that time. BEVA members are eligible for discounted cover from PG Mutual, so CEO Andy Elkington joined us to explain how it works.
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For equine veterinary professionals "being kind to ourselves" can sound a bit soft. Clinical Psychologist Dr Wakelin shares with us how actually it's quite the opposite and how it can support our performance in the workplace as well as life outside of work. Dr Wakelin tells Council member Sophie Eaden more about what compassion is, how it can help and when it might be especially needed.
Support and advice for improving your mental wellbeing can be found at:
- Vetlife
- mind matters
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- BEVA Nurse Members gain right to vote
- BEVA Infectious Disease hub
- Equine castration app
- VMD medicines update
- BEVA's Christmas Cracker
- London International Horse Show Programme
- September EVE podcast: "Respiratory emergencies in adult horses" (Bettina Dunkel)
- September EVJ On the Hoof podcast: "Heritability of sudden cardiac death in Thoroughbred racehorses" (Vicky Colgate)
- BEVApod Congress: The Foot with guardian of the foot, Dr Simon Curtis
- BEVApod Life: Residencies and all the ways to do one with Phil Cramp, Paul Martynski and Rhiannon Morgan
- BEVA CPD courses
There are so many options out there if you want to specialise as an equine vet... almost too many to choose from. What area to specialise in, university or private practice, UK or USA, European Diploma or American... the world is pretty much your oyster but timing may play a part and what role you're best suited to also... consider the options, as it could be your ticket to anywhere!
Links:
- European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS)
- American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM)
- European College of Equine Internal Medicine (ECEIM)
- European College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation (ECVSMR)
- European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging (ECVDI)
Farrier and Honorary Associate of the RCVS, Simon Curtis, talks to us about 'The Foot' stream at Congress this year, which takes place on the Saturday. The wealth of knowledge and skill which will be brought together looks to revolutionise how we tackle not only clinical conditions but how we view farriery as a way to help prevent various common causes of lameness. With vets and farriers singing from the same hymn sheet we can see significantly improved welfare and performance.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
- Important changes to Export Health Certificate attestation requirements
- Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Veterinary Clinical Careers Pathway (VCCP) Project focus groups
- RCVS AI Roundtable Report
- BHA announces changes to Proton Pump Inhibitors regulation
- Ragwort article from BEVA Sustainability Working Group
- BEVA Pregnancy & Parenting
- Early-life gut bacterial community structure predicts disease risk and athletic performance in horses bred for racing - Leng et al 2024
- Naturally occurring horse model of miscarriage reveals temporal relationship between chromosomal aberration type and point of lethality - Lawson et al 2024
- Vetlife Neurodiversity booklet
- Equine Quarterly Disease Surveillance Report Q3 2024
- Strangles vaccine article
BEVA CPD:
- BEVA Congress
- Upcoming CPD courses
From the Journals:
- EVJ in Conversation: Celebrating 10 years of the EVJ podcast! features Christian Byrne discussing 'Interobserver agreement during clinical magnetic resonance imaging of the equine foot’ and Josie Faulkner discussing 'Low-field magnetic resonance imaging of sagittal groove disease of the proximal phalanx in non-racing sport horses’ and 'Auxiliary osseous findings in fetlocks of non-racing sports horses with sagittal groove disease of the proximal phalanx on low-field magnetic resonance imaging’
- EVE podcast this month features Fabrice Rossignol discusses 'Distal radial fracture repair in adult horses’
Nurses have been BEVA members for a long time, but as the professions progress and the industry changes we have seen the creation of the BEVA Nurse Committee and promotion of nurses' skills with the Schedule 3 guidance. Now nurses will be eligible to stand for BEVA Council, with two elected positions available going forwards. Bruce and Marie talk about why this development is so important for all of us in the industry.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional.
Find out more about the top stories:
- RCVS President's first speech
- New digital SIC service: VMD Connect website
- BVNA Mental Health Toolkit
- Gerald Leigh Lectures 2024
- BEVA Congress hub
- RCVS Knowledge Awards for 2025
- RCVS Fellowship
- Sports horses are key to the future of equine practice
- EIDS alerts
- EGS biobank
Don't forget to book your Congress ticket, prices increase after Wednesday 7 August! Book now at bevacongress.org
In this epsiode, Tim Barnett chats to world-renowned head and neck surgeon Geoff Lane about his impressive career in equine medicine.
Congress has so much to offer this year, and none more so than for nurses! With more practicals than ever and workshops abound, the programme features numerous streams which nurses will find relevant to the various fields within which they work. Friday features 'one medicine', critical care, bandaging, casting and suturing, and ends with a neurodiversity workshop. Come and feed your professional soul with us in Liverpool - 11th-14th September!
Buy your ticket at bevacongress.org
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including
- RCVS governance consultation
- Watch the intro video from RCVS President Sue Paterson
- Read the PDF consultation paper
- Listen to a podcast from Lizzie Lockett and Ben Myring from the RCVS
- Register for the RCVS webinar about the consultation on Monday 1 July.
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunity in Lesotho
- BEVA CPD courses
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional.
Please note that since the recording of this episode the EVDA Practical Equine Dentistry course has been cancelled the Nursing: Schedule 3 Skills course on 29 June has become fully booked, places are still available on 20 June course
Links
- CVS Group divests ts operations in the Netherlands the Republic of Ireland
- Careers Committee update
- RCVS Roundtable on the use of AI in the profession
- BEVA Council nominations open
- Student rep applications now open
- www.equinesurveillance.org
- EVJ On the Hoof: BEVA primary care clinical guidelines: Equine parasite control May 2024
- EVE podcast: 'A clinical audit of the intravenous fluid therapy given to hospitalised horses’ with Natalie Dodd
- EVJ On the Hoof: 'Comparison of veterinarians and a deep learning tool in the diagnosis of equine ophthalmic diseases’ by Annabel Scharre et al. May 2024
- BEVA CPD
During his Presidency, Dave Rendle's objective was to tidy up the way we use anthelmintics and start to afford these essential medicines the protection they deserve. On forming the Anthelmintic Working Group, he invited Nic Steel was to be one of the first opinion practitioners to help the group create simple, practical and effective guidance on how vets at the coal face could take responsibility for their roles in the unfolding tragedy that is anthelmintic resistance. Nic talks us through the protectMEtoo toolkit and how it now provides every vet with access to the essential, evidence-based, digestible (you can read this stuff in the time it takes to drink a coffee!) information that they need to know to help their clients and save these medicines for the future.
View the protectMEtoo toolkit here.
Back in the Saddle is our new coaching programme specifically designed to support members who are seeking career support and are more than five years qualified.
Our coaches Kate Blakeman, Gemma Dransfield, Sophie Eaden, Claire Goodban and Lucy Grieve tell us more about the scheme and how it will support members.
Applications are now open for our first intake, find out more and apply today.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.
Links
- Back in the Saddle group career coaching
- protectMEtoo anthelmintic tookit
- Vets with Horsepower
- BEVApod Focus: MDR R equi with Fleur Whitlock
- WOAH Equine Rhinopneumonitis webinar
- Horse Trust Talk Equine Library
- Redwings.co.uk
Paddy Gordon, owner of a mixed practice and farm vet, discusses his observations and experience in vet recruitment and retention. Increasing student numbers are coming through University but equine and farm need to be given sufficient opportunity and encouragement to allow students to select these careers. Paddy will highlight how practitioners can help students with early experience as well as support students most effectively through EMS. Championing success has also been important in developing the Farm Vet of the Future competition. Paddy has 30 years experience in practice and is working with Bristol and Surrey vet schools.
Links
- Paddy Gordon's Facebook
- Paddy Gordon's LinkedIn
- Farm Vet of the Future Award
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.
Links
- Nominations for BEVA Nurse Empowerment Award open
- BEVA Under Care templates
- Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance Group
- BEVA CPD
- March EVJ In Conversation podcast: The Congress 2023 Peter Rossdale Clinical Evidence Lecture - Sarah Freeman on changing hearts and minds to improve equine health and welfare.
- March EVE podcast: Christopher Baldwin's article 'A review of prevention and management of castration complications’.
- BEVApod Life episode: Building Bridges with Ben Benson
- BEVApod Focus episode: multi-drug resistant Rhodococcus equi with Fleur Whitlock
Fleur, EIDS epidemiologist, provides an overview of the 2023 Q4 Equine Quarterly Disease Surveillance Report Focus Article, authored by Jose Vazquez-Boland and his team at the University of Edinburgh. Given how we’ve managed R. equi infections over the years, it's not surprising that we're now confronted with a troubling silent pandemic of multi-resistance. Eradicating it once it establishes itself in a country will prove immensely challenging, emphasising the critical importance of surveillance contributions within the UK. Discover how you can play a part in making a difference.
Links
- Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance (EIDS) website
- Report a case, call: 01223 766 496 or email: equinesurveillance@gmail.com
- EIDS Report 2023 Q4
- Focus Article: Update on emerging multidrug-resistant Rhodococcus equi
Having supported some of the world's top equestrian teams both at home and at Championships over a number of years, Ben has worked alongside some of the most experienced vets, physiotherapists and saddle fitters, and hence has an appreciation for the importance of teamwork.
This approach is no less important when dealing with a happy hacker or retired pony, and the difference between what can be achieved when working alone Vs in collaboration with each other is vast. In today's world, communicating and growing knowledge together has never been easier and should be embraced at every opportunity.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.
- Latest EIDS Report
- BEVApod Focus: Sedating for Non-Veterinary Procedures with Neil Townsend
- February's EVJ In Conversation podcast
- Clinical insights: Who says there is no progress with solving tendon disease? (Roger Smith)
- Lumbar vertebral bone density is decreased in horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (Hal Schott)
- February's EVE podcast
- Neurologic deficits and surgical treatment in a horse affected with internal carotid artery tortuous elongation (Astrid Rijkenhuizen) - This article has been made free for one month.
BEVA Trustee, co-opted member of Clinical Practice Committee, Ethics and Welfare Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee for the BEVA/BVDA Exam, explains the new guidance document which BEVA has created (with input from the RCVS and VDS) for vets carrying out sedation for non-veterinary procedures.
View the full guidance
Don't Break Your Vet playlist
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Whether it's handling dangerous drugs or working with unhandled yearlings, as veterinary surgeons we take calculated risks daily. After becoming pregnant with her first child, Emily identified a need for clear and concise guidance for veterinarians navigating pregnancy and parenting in clinical practice. After researching the information for herself, she decided to write a book to help new mothers make evidence based decisions about their work practices. Her book is called "Pregnancy and Postpartum Considerations for the Veterinary Team", and she now offers 'Ultimate Parenting Road Map' workshops in addition to one-to-one mentoring on the subject. Council Member, Angela Jones, joins us to discuss how planning ahead where possible, and having access to the relevant information helps ease the stresses and strains of trying to manage work-life and family-life during those early days in the process.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.
Further information on each news item can be found at the following links:
- RCVS Academy launches client confidentiality course
- RCVS forms new working group to draw up proposals for the future regulation of veterinary practices
- SPVS salaries survey
- Kent-based equine vet struck off over false horse passport declaration
- RCVS Council elections could face axe in governance revamp
- First cohort to complete a postgraduate equine nursing programme celebrate their graduation
- ProtectMeToo toolkit
- Project WORMS
- World Horse Welfare social licence conference
Other links:
- BEVA CPD
- EVE podcasts
- EVJ podcasts
- Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance
- Tell-Tail Disease Outbreak alerts
Nicky has seen the positive impact animals have on their human counterparts in extremis. From service dogs supporting soldiers in war zones, to welfare cases in society, and The Horse Trust herd helping vets and scientists progress the knowledge we have and the practical implications. Through BEVA she hopes to distill information into digestible and workable solutions for vets to provide to their patients and their owners...
Edd has always enjoyed working on projects and has seamlessly woven this into a successful clinical career. Whilst recognising the opportunities and support that have allowed this to happen, alongside the funding, particularly from The Horse Trust and Waltham Petcare Science Institute, it is clear that his open-minded approach to careers and dedication to having a clinical impact have contributed to his success. With one leg in research and the other in general practice, he can understand the challenges vets face, and brings this perspective to the research he carries out; from Strangles to laminitis, and now Atypical Myopathy. His variety of skills and experience has enabled him to move the fulcrum of work-life balance as life has evolved, and this helps fuel his passion for exploring the frontiers of veterinary knowledge.
Law graduate, Justine Couret, is currently halfway through a veterinary degree at Tartu University in Estonia. When the head of the university equine clinic, Felipe Corrêa, suggested she and three of her fellow students created an equine association for veterinary students, they took the bull by the horns and set up 'Hyraco'. Through this they hope to improve accessibility to equine careers for all students, from clinical placements to gaining experience within the various aspects of the wider equestrian industry. They believe that the equine field offers many opportunities, which are often overlooked, and hope to work with BEVA and other equine associations to bring those to the forefront for all students.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.
Further information on each news item can be found at the following links:
- Submit your abstract for 2024 Colic Symposium
- Bluetongue in the UK
- Free BEVA membership for veterinary nurse students
- Free subscription to EquiManagement for BEVA members
- Vitamin D in racehorses
- "Elitist" risk if EMS placements leave students poorer
- No evidence for vet medicine pollution
- Proposed reforms for journey time to slaughter
- 10% discount to SPVS Congress for BEVA members
- Meet the 2024 BEVA Congress Committee
- BEVA Trust
- Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance
- Tell-Tail Disease Outbreak Alerts
- BEVA podcasts
- EVJ On the Hoof Podcast
- BEVA CPD
Helen talks about her passion for the equine veterinary industry, and how despite its challenges there can be solutions to fit most, if not all. What practices need is good leaders, skilled managers, an ethos which nurtures trust and a team which embraces healthy compromise from all sides. As individuals experience life's pushes and pulls, there must be understanding that goal posts will change and challenges will arise, but that this can be used to everyone's advantage if the the industry works together.
On graduation, Angela completed an internship and spent time in traditional equine practice. But as life evolved, and with the arrival of kids, it became harder to balance the scales. Always one to think outside the box and ever willing to take up new opportunities, she has added more strings to her bow, and established a work-life balance in the equine field which works for her and her family.
Roger Smith has championed evidence-based medicine and driven progress throughout his career as a researcher and surgeon at the Royal Veterinary College. In this episode he describes how he is bringing this approach to his current role as BEVA President. From launching new CPD and social events, addressing challenges which are impacting recruitment and retention, to supporting the careers of vets and nurses, and extending BEVA's reach to all corners of the globe.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.
Further information on each news item can be found at the following links:
- BEVA warns horse owners not to hoard antibiotics
- Measuring antibiotic use in equine practice
- Tim Mair and Pam Mosedale RCVS Knowledge podcast
- Reduced revenues arising from implementation of affordability checks on betting could have a knock-on effect on equine welfare and veterinary science
- BEVA and BSEVA joint student membership
- RCVS project to enhance veterinary clinical career pathways
- BEVA Trust volunteering opportunity
- EVJ On the Hoof podcast
- EVE podcast
- Education Committee update
View all of our upcoming courses on the BEVA CPD page.
Tim Barnett chats to neurology expert Professor Emeritus Joe Mayhew about his impressive career.
Imogen Burrows joined BEVA Council in 2020 with a wealth of front line experience, contributing to valuable resources and projects aimed at general practice. This year she was elected as Junior Vice President and is looking forward to tackling the issues, providing representation and delivering the tools that will benefit our members, from safety to welfare, from social license to veterinary ethics... Listen to Imogen talk about why the responsibility lies with all of us and how we can play our parts.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.
Further information on each news item can be found at the following links:
- BEVA primary care clinical guidelines
- BEVA ‘fully supportive’ of Grand National race changes
- RCVS public advisory group has first meeting, to discuss how they will work with the college on new advice for pet owners on interaction with veterinary teams
- RCVS opens 2024 awards nomination period
- Nominations now open for £100,000 Plowright Prize
- RCVS makes ‘reflection’ changes to its 1CPD platform
- A record number of 27 successful candidates for the RCVS Statutory Examination for Membership were welcomed to the Register of Veterinary Surgeons on Tuesday 24 October, at a special ceremony recognising their achievement
- Fight must go on to ‘protect title’, outgoing BVNA president tells congress
- New BVNA president calls for ‘more on pay’ during congress
- VMD Medicines Update - September 2023
- Antibiotic Amnesty
- Flu Awareness Week
- AWF launches 2024 research grant scheme
- Biobank for Vets – Equine Grass Sickness Fund
Other BEVA podcasts:
- EVE Podcast No. 53
- EVJ in Conversation Podcast No. 71
BEVA CPD courses:
- Clinical Catch Up: Ultrasonography of the Tarsus - Top Tips and Techniques
- Transatlantic Equine Clinic: Helminths - Can We Stop the Global Tsunami of Resistance?
- Innovation in Practice
- Advanced Discussion Forum: Orthopaedic Soft Tissue Injury
- Unravelling Unsoundness
- Championing Soundness
"Dr Youness has extensive experience of treating working equids as well as working on projects to educate and change attitudes to animal welfare in Morocco. I met him 10 years ago when he came and stayed with me whilst also seeing practice. I can’t remember how this came to pass but it was an absolute pleasure having him stay with us and getting to know him and understand more about his work in Morocco. It was great to be able to catch up with him at BEVA Congress and hear how his work has changed in the intervening years and also hear about the response to recent devastating earthquake." - Dave Rendle
BEVA Nurse Committee Chair, Marie Rippingale, explains what Schedule 3 means to everyone in practice, including the potential impacts it can have on our workforce, practice efficiency and productivity, and ultimately, our patients. By allowing nurses to work to their full potential, practices can make better use of their vets, spread the load more effectively and enable practices to work more efficiently. Read the Guidance, watch the webinar and the Congress debate... and complete the survey (links below)!
Links
- BEVA's Schedule 3 guidance and webinar recording
- BEVA Congress 2023 Scheudle 3 debate recording - please note only registered Congress attendees and those who have bought access to the recordings can view this - purchase access here.
- Survey for vets about nurses
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.
Further information on each news item can be found at the following links:
- Behaviour addressed at BEVA Congress 2023
- BEVA award winners
- RCVS/SPVS "Under our care" guidance webinar
- Schedule 3 guidance
- VMD medicines update
- Hong Kong degree accredited by RCVS
Lorna went to vet school as a mature student, and did what she could to accelerate her learning and gaining of experience. After 2 internships and ambulatory work she had to change tack to locuming, in order to raise her twin boys, one of whom was disabled and underwent major surgery in the USA. Identifying a need to be flexible in her work, she has since gone on to train as an equine physiotherapist as a parallel career to a part-time ambulatory vet role. Never short of ambition and determination, Lorna recognises that all this has been possible thanks to her network of support forged throughout life. When asked what the future holds, she was happy to report she intends to hit cruise control, and enjoy what she has.
Australian equine vet, Dr Zoe Walker, is one of the two BOVA Bain Fallon Competition winners, who have won a trip to the UK, to visit Rossdales, the RVC and BEVA Congress. She talks about why support in practice is so important, and how connecting with others within the profession maintains career momentum and feeds the fire of enthusiasm and passion for our careers.
Gemma Pearson, Director of Behaviour at The Horse Trust and based at Edinburgh Vet School, and Tamzin Furtado, Researcher in Human Behaviour at Liverpool, and also funded by The Horse Trust, are both big players at this year's Congress. Behavioural change is key to not only improving our clinical success as vets, in terms of patient outcomes and owner compliance, but it can also improve the welfare of the animals we serve, create positive experiences for our clients, and facilitate enjoyment and job satisfaction for us as vets and nurses. Clinical skills are not all that is required of us. The behaviour skills, both equine and human, are what makes us able to effect what we know and make long-term changes for the better.
Hannah from IMV, Charlotte from VetCT and Rachael from Norbrook share their favourite experiences of BEVA Congress, why they are looking forward to coming again and what their companies are planning for Birmingham this year.
Congress Scientific Programme
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Australian equine vet, Jessica Said, is one of the two BOVA Bain Fallon Competition winners, who have won an trip to the UK to visit Rossdales, the RVC and BEVA Congress. She talks about the upcoming trip, the shortage of equine vets in Australia and how she balances busy practice life in New South Wales.
Council members are integral to Congress every year, presenting lectures, chairing session, teaching practical techniques, attending meetings and supporting the Congress Team in hosting the best equine veterinary conference they can. This year Kate and Imogen will be doing the above and making the most of the social side too.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.
Further information on each news item can be found at the following links:
- RCVS Under Care Guidance
- Four BEVA members and one BEVA Trustee appointed as RCVS Fellows
- BEVA Unbridled
- BEVA launches new CPD programme at London International Horse Show
- BVNA launches new menopause toolkit for nurses
- Vet Times report on CVS and Goddard Veterinary Group job losses
- Further delay in supply of Equip Artervac
- BEVA CPD courses
Mental health nurse, Bronwen Williams, is attending her first BEVA Congress this year as one of the headline acts... While World Horse Welfare’s Head of UK Support Sam Chubbock will be attending her 20th Congress! Together with Tamzin Furtado, these two will be demonstrating the importance of active listening and having boundaries, including a few ideas from Motivational Interviewing, and how to use these in our professional interactions with both clients and colleagues. However, these skills could serve you throughout your life, and might be the most impactful information you will absorb at a CPD event! Human behavioural change is not just for those tricky clinical communications, but a sea of change that could benefit all industries and individuals. Come and find out what it's all about and how it can help you!
Book your Congress ticket today
The Horse Trust, BOVA and VetPartners talk to us about why they support BEVA Congress year on year, and why the in-person event is such an important opportunity to communicate as a whole industry.
BEVA New Grad rep, Maisie Parsons, and Nottingham student, Jess Smith, talk about their experiences of BEVA Congress last year. Maisie embraced the benefits of the networking, the socials and the broad range of CPD on offer, which was a great way to fuel her first year in practice. Meanwhile, Jess took the opportunity to present her third year project, but to a audience she wasn't expecting! However, she took full advantage of the opportunities offered at Congress and is looking forward to doing the same this year once her final year rotations release her to Birmingham!
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.
Further information on each news item can be found at the following links:
- Free membership for all Ukrainian vets
- Power to Ukraine purchases 24 generators
- New study from the CVS Group
- Let's talk about errors
- Mind Matters awards funding to project exploring student veterinary nurse mental health
- ENOVAT survey
- Colin Spedding Award nominations open
- First BEVA Unbridled session
- Last chance for BEVA Congress early bird tickets
Maisie graduated a year ago and entered first opinion equine practice with all the knowledge she gained at vet school, but no prior equine industry experience and having not passed a nasogastric tube and having never 'rectalled' a colic. The learning curve was steep, but she recognised that many 'day one skills' in equine are not so routine that you must manage them alone, and that it's ok to stop and ask for help. Knowing when to seek help is a sign of development, not failure, and balancing this with growing your own self-confidence is key to enjoying any career, but never more applicable than to equine ambulatory practice. Fully expecting the ups and downs all new grads will experience, Maisie rode the rollercoaster of her first year with the help of friends, family and a supportive practice, and is now setting her sights on the next stage of her career as an equine vet.
Nurse Committee members, Marie, Louise and Rosina, discuss their roles at Congress, in Birmingham this September, and what they are looking forward to the most from this year's offerings.
View the full programme and book your tickets before the early bird deadline on 2 August.
Lucy and Meg are third year veterinary students at Harper-Keele. Lucy has practically grown up in equine veterinary practice, while Meg has had to learn her headcollars from her chiffneys, and her stifles from her knees. Both have experienced challenges, but with their refreshingly honest and supportive approaches, they are comfortable and confident of their futures within equine practice. How can we all help the next generation of vets blossom in the equine industry, no matter where their roots were laid?
Council members Gemma Dransfield and Sophie Eaden discuss a time when Gemma was finding equine practice particularly challenging. How can you recognise when you're struggling at work what can you do next? Gemma shares how she made equine practice work for her and some valuable advice for anyone who might be finding it difficult.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.
Further information on each news item can be found at the following links:
- VMD anonymous reporting of illegal animal medicines
- RCVS Knowledge VetTeamAMR
- RCVS MMI Symposium - Manchester - 10th October 2023
- Q1 2023 Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance Report
- SPVS Vet Fees survey
- FEI Equine Ethics and Wellbeing Commission survey
- PPID Quality of Life Survey
- RVC - Equine Register - Horse Trust tracking data and infectious disease research
- WHW Horses in Sport and Social Licence event - BEVA news coverage and YouTube video
- BEVApod
- EVE podcasts
- EVJ podcasts
Third year RVC student, Shiv Patil, was inspired to become a vet during his time riding horses and helping with dog rescue centres back home, in Bangalore. Advised to acquire the best veterinary education he could, he came to the UK with the intention of learning all he could. His plan is to take that knowledge back with him, to improve the lives of sports horses, working equids and rescued dogs in India. Recognising the value of education, he is intent of making veterinary education and CPD more accessible to vets in India, whilst improving access to veterinary care for the animals they care for.
Final year veterinary student, Yuliia Zaruda, tells us about life as a vet student in Kyiv. How there is plenty of opportunity for hands-on experience, due to a shortage of equine vets in the country. However, with a lack of modern teaching resources and infrastructure to support the profession, vet students are working as qualified vets before they graduate and are taking self-directed learning to a whole other level. After completing an internship here in the UK, Yuliia hopes to one day bring her surgical skills back to the Ukraine to build a future for equine vets in her home country, and to enable the horses there to have access to the veterinary care that we so often take for granted here in the UK.
Arundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.
Further information on each news item can be found at the following links:
- Genetic testing for type 2 polysaccharide storage myopathy (PSSM2), myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) or Muscle Integrity Myopathy
- Use of animals in sport - BVA Live discussion
- Accusations IVC "placing profits before people" over jobs axe threat
- RCVS and BVCIS "Disability and Chronic Illness in Veterinary Work and Education"survey
- BEVA Trust reaches halfway target to fund power to Ukraine
- BEVA Sportive
- RCVS Academy "Starting Out" programme for VNs
- EVJ Article of the Week - Five- versus seven-day dosing intervals of extended-release injectable omeprazole in the treatment of equine squamous and glandular gastric disease"
- BEVA Council candidate nominations open
- Submissions invited for 14th International Equine Colic Research Symposium abstracts
- Scottish Regional Meeting
- Advanced Equine Behaviour
- Feeding the Surgical Patient
- Advanced EDT Course
- Maximising Sports Horse Performance
- BEVA Congress tickets
Tania Sundra of Avon Ridge Equine Veterinary Services, Australia, reveals how much the community we foster within our profession enables us to feel safe, satisfied and supported through out careers. We are all accountable for our own experiences, but by reaching out to others and building a professional network we can achieve so much more within our own lives and within the industries we work in.
Links
- Avon Ridge Equine Services
- BEVA Leg Up Career Coaching
- Come and network at BEVA Congress!
Naomi Mellor talks to us about how 'networking' is the key to discovering opportunities within the equine veterinary profession. With so many ways to network nowadays, how can we '"kick open the doors" to finding a career which works for us as individuals, and have fun in the process!
Council member, Sophie Eaden, speaks to Mental Health First Aid trainer and equine vet, Kirstie Pickles, about the role mental health first aid can have in embracing a practice culture which is supportive of good mental health. Having both had times where their mental health has suffered while in equine practice, they know the impact the team around you can have. Passionate about making that experience less painful for others, they discuss what individuals and practices can do to make it better.
Olly King has experienced first-hand how reluctance to change the way a practice runs can cripple employees' happiness and erode business's bottom line. He has set out to help others understand how involving the whole team, being innovative and being willing to make changes, can create people-first cultures that co-nurture team and business success.
Sarah Freeman and Katie Lightfoot, have both been working on student engagement at Nottingham vet school. The 'Stable Footing' initiative has been pivotal in opening up the door to career paths in equine practice. By breaking down the barriers which are invisible to so many of us already in the field, this team have made it an inviting, accessible and welcoming route to take, with equal opportunities and even funding available for those who need it. If we want to see the equine profession thrive going forwards, we all have a duty and responsibility to invest in the future workforce, and this starts with students 'seeing-practice'. How we interact and engage with students can be the 'make or break' for whether they choose a career in equine or not. Our actions could be putting off our best colleagues of tomorrow, but the good news is, there are simple ways we can avoid being 'that person'. Shining a light for those who come after you can be as rewarding for you as it is for the person you are helping.
On Saturday 29th April 2023, World Veterinary Day will be celebrating 'EDI'. For those who don't know, this stands for equality, diversity and inclusion. But what does EDI look like in equine practice, and perhaps even more importantly how can you identify its absence? Council member, Sophie Eaden, chat to us with Adeel Khan, Clinical Assistant Professor in Equine Medicine at Nottingham vet school, and James Whitmore, President of the British Veterinary LGBT+ Society and partner at Cotts Equine.
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.
Further information on each news item can be found at the following links:
- Equine Disease Surveillance EHV report
- Returned supply of UK authorised equine flu and tetanus vaccines
- BEVA member amongst those elected to RCVS Council
- BEF Horses4All report
- BEVA opens nominations for honorary membership
- BEVA opens nominations for equine welfare award
- I'm a large animal vet - how can I travel more sustainably?
- BEVA Laboratory Registration Scheme
- BEVA Leg Up Scheme
Other links:
- Full list of BEVApod episodes
- Feeding the Surgical Patient
- Back Examination Clinical Catch-Up
- BEVA Congress 2023
- BEVA Buddy app for android and iPhone
Florrie Clark, 4th year vet student at Cambridge, talks to us about how students are desperate for the opportunity to hone their skills in equine, which they feel lag behind their small animal skills. While the disparity is 'the nature of the beast', with a bursting curriculum and the difficulty of getting 'hands on' during equine EMS, there are plenty of other skills to be practiced and opportunities to be had. Observing procedures, working with the nurses, understanding case management and talking to clients, are all just as valuable. The key for new graduates and their employers and colleagues, is accepting the different starting point to that of a small animal vet. Nuturing confidence should be a priority, and can be done in the right environment with the right people. We all need to take up that gauntlet in order to create a profession which people want to be part of.
Connor Fettes, a third year mature student, has encountered first-hand the challenges students are facing trying to achieve their EMS goals. With pressure on all sides, equine practice is feeling the consequences of being squeezed out of the curriculum. By making equine EMS more accessible and a better experience for all involved, can we use it to future-proof our profession?
Connor's FREE TO JOIN (and not for profit) EMS Database for students and practices.
Mel Lean was leading a glamorous life in London when she fell in love with the equine veterinary industry. Having realised her dream, she got the bit between her teeth, overcame the challenges thrown at her, and made it happen. It might not be the conventional path but it was the right path for her, and with a penchant for networking and modest determination, it paid off.
Flexible working can seem incompatible with equine practice... but maybe it isn't. As one of the most important factors influencing employment across the board, can equine practice learn to embrace the concept in a way that works for businesses and the workforce?
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.
Further information on each news item can be found at the following links:
- RCVS fee increases
- Equine vet reprimanded after kicking a horse
- Proposal to enable the RCVS to pursue private prosecutions
- RCVS council election voting
- Protect the Title campaign publishes preliminary findings
- VMD launched CANTER initiative
- VMD medicines update
- The UK Governments Spring budget
- The new Windsor Framework for Northern Ireland agreed
- Vaccine supply updates
- Power to Ukraine Fundraising appeal
- BEVA Congress super early bird tickets on sale
Gayle Capps discusses her experience as a coach on the BEVA Leg Up Scheme, and why coaching can be valuable to both coach and coachee.
Heather Frankiel and Cat Mackenzie discuss their experiences as coachee and coach, on the BEVA Leg Up Scheme, and how it has changed how they both feel about career progression and professional journeys.
Lucy Grieve takes us through the Equine Veterinary News for February.
This month she covers infectious diseases, raceday veterinary protocols for the Grand National, RCVS elections and much more!
Tania Sundra of Avon Ridge Equine Veterinary Services, talks to us about publishing papers whilst running your own ambulatory practice in Western Australia... one way to keep yourself fulfilled in first opinion practice!
Lucy chats to equine veterinary nurse Cassie Woods.
Cassie sits on our nurse committee and runs a veterinary practice alongside her husband. In this episode, she shares her experience as a veterinary nurse and practice owner.
Lucy Grieve talks us through the key Equine Veterinary news from the last month.
This month Lucy covers the last minutes changes to the BHA whip rules, Equine Influenza Vaccine rules & stocks, EVA and more!
Lucy Grieve chats with Marie Rippingale who is our Nurse Committee Chair.
In this episode, Marie tells us about her career and about the role of veterinary nurses.
Lucy Grieve chats with Rosina Lilywhite from Liphook Equine Hospital.
Rosina joined the new BEVA Nurse Committee last year. In this episode, she talks to us about the new committee, the veterinary nurse's role and how we can better utilise vet nurses. Are they one of the solutions to our workforce issues?
Lucy Grieve chats to Rosina Lilywhite from Liphook Equine Hospital who joined our new Nurse Committee last year. Rosina chats with Lucy about the new committee and the role of the veterinary nurse.
Lucy Grieve talks us through the key Equine Veterinary news from the last month.
This month Lucy talks us through anti-Microbial Awareness week, news from Vet Schools, Artificial Intelligence in Veterinary Medicine and much more.
In December's BEVApod Life Lucy Grieve chats with Brad Hill from Nottingham University. In this episode, Lucy and Brad discuss the ingredients for an equine vet graduate and how vets in practice can help bake that cake.
Lucy Grieve talks us through the key Equine Veterinary news from the last month.
This month we cover the BEVA Nurse Committee, Equine Welfare, Anti-microbial resistance and more!
In this session from BEVA Congress 2022 Kate Blakeman reviews the current state of affairs with careers in the Equine Veterinary profession.
Lucy Grieve launches a new BEVApod stream with BEVA Life!
This month Lucy talks to BEVA Senior Vice President Huw Griffiths about his Recruitment & Retention survey.
Lucy Grieve takes us through the key news in the Equine Veterinary world for the last month.
This month Lucy covers 5L fluid bags, the British Showjumping Awards, the BEVA Nurse Committe at BVNA Congress and much more!
What you Need to Know About Equine Insurance (to Avoid Being Caught Out) BEVA's Bruce Bladon plays Piers Morgan and chats to Guy Prest and Harriet Walker from KBIS about how insurance really works in the Equine industry...
James Crabtree of Equine Reproductive Services goes through how we can suppress oestrus in our challenging mares.
BEVA Members can view the video version on demand here: Oestrus Suppression
Victoria South from Liphook runs through the dos and dont's of an ocular emergency.
BEVA Members can access the VOD for this session via the BEVA website here: June 2022 Clinical Catch Up
Roger Smith joined Alison Talbot for our May Clinical Catch Up to talk Ultrasonography of the suspensory ligament.
BEVA Members can access the VOD for this session via the BEVA website here: May 2022 Clinical Catch Up
BEVA President Elect, Dave Rendle, talks about his experiences in providing aid to Ukraine, including a recent visit to the Polish / Ukrainian border and a refugee camp.
Veterinary donations for Ukraine can be made here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/veterinary-support-for-ukraine?qid=fc2a7935bbeecef2fe2be110e4deeefb
Humanitarian donations for Ukraine can be made here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/British-Veterinary-Professionals-for-Ukraine?qid=f2902e4582e43678ff6a713be3337169
Donations to support Ukrainian horses and their owners can be made here: https://www.worldhorsewelfare.org/support-us/appeals/british-equestrians-for-ukraine-fund
Richard Newton talks to Lucy Grieve about West Nile Virus; the disease in horses, the chances of it coming to the UK, and what to do if you suspect you might have a case...
Audio from the Clinical Catch Up covering PPE.
BEVA Members can access the video on demand from this session here
Audio from the Clinical Catch Up with Sarah Smith discussing how we can treat and manage liver disease in horses.
BEVA Members can access the video on demand from this session here
Audio from the Clinical Catch Up on Laminitis; hosted by Lucy Grieve and Professor Cathy McGowan. They discuss fine tuning and new twists on old ideas to treat, manage and support these cases on the yard.
BEVA Members can access the video on demand from this session here
Brad Hill relaunches the podcast with his first Episode. This time he talks with Gemma Kirk to find out what makes her tick.
David, Lucy & Huw discuss telemedicine, WhatsApp and more before David interviews BEVA's Learning Manager Sarah Gasper about how she ended up in her current role with the Association.
David, Huw & Lucy talk about the BHA Horse Welfare Board's five-year strategic plan for the welfare of horses bred for racing.
This week David & Lucy chat with Tim Barnett from Rossdales about Equine Dentistry and Tim tells David about his journey as an Equine Vet.
David is joined by podcast regular Huw and James Crabtree to talk Semen Importation Certification and then James shares his equine veterinary experiences.
This week David is joined by Junior Vice President Huw Griffiths and Richard Newton from the AHT to talk about the recent EHV outbreak, and to discuss how Richard got into being an Equine Vet.
This week David chats to Huw and Lucy about health and safety in relation to radiographs and discusses BEVA's latest initiative which aims to help tackle equine obesity.
BHA has recently updated their requirements for equine influenza, so this week David chats to Lucy Grieve and Roly Owers about who is responsible for flu vaccination rates.
Renate Weller & Lucy Grieve join David Mountford to talk about the news & what they enjoy about being an equine vet.
Huw Griffiths and Sarah Gasper join David Mountford to chat about the latest news in equine veterinary medicine. BEVA launched their welfare case toolkit last week so David, Huw and Sarah discuss welfare cases and advice for vets when dealing with them.
11 October 2019
Huw Griffiths and Lucy Grieve join David Mountford to chat about the latest news in equine veterinary medicine. The lead topic this week is flu vaccinations looking at vaccine rules and harmonisation.