New research conducted by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and published in the Equine Veterinary Journal has revealed that Thoroughbred foals that are given extensive turnout in larger pastures during their first six months of life, and those weaned…

A study by the Royal Veterinary College, published in the Equine Vet Journal has revealed new insights into how strangles spreads amongst horses in the UK¹.

The authors say the research marks a significant step forward in understanding how veterinary surgeons…

VetPartners has invested in four new immunoassay analysers at its equine hospitals: Liphook in Hampshire, Rainbow in North Yorkshire and Rossdales in Suffolk, to offer more accurate blood tests for Cushing's.

The new Tosoh AIA 900 analysers have bee…

Biomérieux has launched Vetfire, a PCR kit which it claims makes testing for equine infectious respiratory diseases easier and faster.

Biomérieux says the new test, which is used on the Biofire Spotfire System, detects seven infectious respiratory…

CVS Equine has made personal protective equipment (PPE) mandatory for all of its staff that handle horses.

From early 2025, all vets, nurses and technicians will be required to wear a hard hat in the vicinity of a horse, pony or donkey – whether in practice…

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:

The British Equine Veterinary Association has launched the BEVA One To Watch Award to recognise exceptional early-career equine vets, nominations for which open on 26th April. 

Anyone - clients, colleagues or mentors - can nominate a young vet who they think…

Horiba is hosting "Biosecurity for Equine Teams", a free webinar for vets on Thursday 3rd April at 7:30pm.

The webinar is being presented by Cassie Woods (RVN Cons) CertNCS, Equine Nurse and Partner at Lower House Equine Clinic in Shropshire…

The BEVA is urging its members to take part in a new campaign to monitor antimicrobial usage in equine practice.  

The MonitorME project, launched this month, collects antimicrobial usage data from equine practices around the UK, to better understand how…

The Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance (EIDS) group at the University of Cambridge has published a study in the Equine Veterinary Journal that reveals a significant rise in the proportion of positive faecal worm egg counts (FWECs) among UK horses over…

Dechra is hosting webinars for vets about strangles and equine disease prevention on Tuesday 18th February and Tuesday 25th February respectively.

The webinars will be available as live podcasts and will also be able to be viewed on demand on the Dechra…

Liphook Equine Hospital in Hampshire has become the first veterinary practice in the UK to perform foraminotomies to address spinal nerve compression.

The procedure has already been performed in the US and Germany, where it is reported to have had a success…

Researchers have identified the probable cause of equine grass sickness as a neurotoxin, with similar actions to snake venom toxins but produced by pasture microbes¹.

The researchers, from the Dick Vet Equine Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Newcastle…

Dechra is holding ‘Preventive strategies for strangles: linking research to action’, a free one-hour webinar to help veterinary professionals translate the latest equine strangles surveillance data and research into everyday veterinary practice, at 7:00pm…

Zoetis has announced a further delay in the supply of Equip Artervac in the UK, due to a manufacturing issue.

The company now expects the vaccine will not be available until June 2025.

The company apologised for the  disruption and inconvenience and says…

BEVA has launched a collection of resources for vets about equine infectious diseases.

The new resources include:

• A tool to check endemic and exotic infectious differentials for various presenting signs
• Clinical pathway tools for cases presenting with…

BEVA has announced that this year, there will be a lecture stream at Congress dedicated to feet and farriery, aimed at vets, nurses and farriers, and designed to encourage teamwork between the three. 

The farriery stream will run all day on Saturday 14…

CVS is embarking on a new study to investigate and document the clinical and clinicopathological features, treatments and outcomes of colitis in UK adult horses.

A team of researchers led by Tim Mair, CVS Equine Veterinary Director and Specialist in b…

The British Equine Veterinary association has launched 'Hold Your Horses', a free-to-members online CPD course presented by Gemma Pearson RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Behavioural Medicine (Equine), to help equine vets and clients minimise patient stress…

BEVA has announced that it will be offering wetlab practicals at Congress for the first time this year (11th-14th September 2024, the ACC in Liverpool).

The Arthrex Vet Systems Mobile Lab will be hosting hands-on sessions to help practitioners develop…

Zoetis has added AI equine faecal egg count analysis to its diagnostics platform, Vetscan Imagyst.

Dr Wendy Talbot BVSc DipECEIM MRCVS, Equine National Veterinary Manager at Zoetis said: “Fast equine faecal egg count results are crucial for the appropriate…

BEVA has announced that the theme for this years Congress, which runs from 11th-14th September 2024 at the ACC in Liverpool, will be 'One Medicine'.

The full BEVA Congress programme is now live and super early bird tickets are available from 4th…

CVS Equine practices are undertaking a collaborative clinical study to improve our understanding about the clinical signs and aetiology of equine pastern dermatitis (EPD).

Despite being a common disease, CVS says very little research has been undertaken…

Dechra has launched Pergocoat, for the treatment of Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID), aka equine Cushing’s disease.

Pergocoat contains pergolide, a long-acting dopamine receptor agonist.

It is available in 0.5mg (off-white) and 1mg (yellow…

A survey by the Gluck Equine Research Centre at the University of Kentucky and Spillers, published in the Equine Veterinary Journal¹, has revealed the main reasons why horses are retired.

The survey of 2717 horse owners, 56% of which were leisure owners…