BEVA Congress committee Chair Rose Tallon has shared her top picks for this year's event, running from the 10th-13th September at the ICC Birmingham.

Super early bird tickets are available till 28th May.

Rose’s programme recommendations are:

  • Fortune telling for neonates: is it worth treating this foal? Pam Wilkins. Rose says: “It can be difficult to prognosticate for sick neonates and while we can’t guarantee this lecture will enable you to predict the future, it will equip you with some valuable insights to aid decision making in these tricky cases.” (Saturday, Hall 5, 16.10).
  • Peri-operative morbidity discussion panel: Kate Loomes, Claudia Gittel, Janny De Graw and Rachel Tucker. Rose says: “These three anaesthetists will discuss post operative complications and explore some of the results of the recent CEPEF4 study pertaining to this area.” (Saturday Hall 8B 12.00)
  • Managing ocular trauma: Best practices for immediate care: Claudia Hartley. Rose says: “Ocular emergencies can be stressful situations for both owners and vets. This lecture will help you to stay calm and confident while effectively triaging these cases.” (Thursday, Hall 5, 16.55).
  • The Moral Maze: Panellists Mark Bowen and Ebony Escalona, Witnesses Madeleine Campbell (Ethics), Roly Owers (Welfare/ public attitudes, Ian Beamish (Racing). Rose says: “This session tackles the hot topic of the use of horses in sport and our social licence to operate.” (Friday, Hall 1, 15.30).
  • Working Together To Keep The Competition Horse Sound. Rose says: “This session explores at a multi-disciplinary approach to treating the sports horse. Join equine physiotherapist Annabelle Galt, farrier Ben Benson and vet Sam Cutts to gain insight into different perspectives on multi limb lameness and optimise treatment outcomes.” (Saturday, Hall 1, 15.30)

BEVA Congress programme will be embracing the overarching theme of “use it wisely or lose it forever”, chosen by BEVA President Bruce Bladon. 

Bruce said: “Antibiotics is an issue which goes so far beyond equine practice and is one of the genuine threats to humanity.

"We must use these precious and finite resource wisely, or, quite reasonably, regulators will prevent us having access to them. 

“But this theme resonates further, to the “social licence” which threatens the future of equine sport.

"Rather than platitudes about horse welfare, we now need to show the positive steps we can take to minimise equine injury.

"We need to be developing screening programmes and to be instrumental in safety programmes.

"Otherwise, we may lose equestrian sport forever.”

Individual super early bird BEVA members prices for a three-day pass are £539 for vets for all three days (with concessionary available for those in their first three years of graduation or earning less than £25,000).

Day tickets and practice passes are also available.

Super early bird ends on 28 May 2025. 

http://www.bevacongress.org 

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