Zoetis has been granted a Wholesale Dealer Import Certificate (WDIC) to supply practices with an alternative rotavirus vaccine after being hit by manufacturing delays with this year’s season of Equip Rotavirus.

Practices which want to buy the alternative…

A study published in the Equine Veterinary Journal has concluded that Insulin dysregulation (ID) status in ponies cannot be determined solely by observation of body condition¹ .

Dechra has launched Equisolon Jar, a new presentation of its oral prednisone powder for the treatment of severe equine asthma.

Dechra says Equisolon is the only registered oral prednisolone powder that alleviates the inflammation and clinical parameters…

Dechra has published the results of a survey which shows how vets and horse owners could do more to prevent strangles. 

The survey of 50 vets carried out in May this year¹ found that only half of them are recommending strangles vaccination to their clients…

Virbac has developed new, recyclable packaging for its wormer, Equimax.

The new packaging uses fewer plastic components and a new cardboard box.

Sabrina Jordan, Virbac’s Equine Product Manager said: "The new cardboard component is a substantial step forward…

Vets with Horsepower, an intrepid band of motorbiking vets, has helped BEVA hit its target of £20,000 to buy generators for colleagues in Ukraine.

Vets with Horsepower is organised annually by Professor Derek Knottenbelt to help raise funds for…

CVS Equine has carried out an audit of antimicrobial use in its first opinion equine practices, both to better understand prescribing patterns and to create opportunities for further clinical research and guideline development.

Preliminary results, which…

Valley Equine Hospital in Lambourn has installed a Hallmarq standing CT scanner, which it says will revolutionise the early identification of distal limb pathology.

Thus far, the hospital has relied on conventional radiographs or referred for MRI for the…

Equine clinicians and scientists are being invited to submit abstracts for presentation at the 14th International Equine Colic Research Symposium taking place in Edinburgh on 10-12 July 2024.

The event is held every four years and hosted alternately by…

Dechra is conducting a survey about strangles to better understand veterinary surgeons' approach to managing the disease.

The survey will assess vets’ experiences of the disease, biosecurity and the role of vaccination to help prevent strangles.…

VetCT is hosting “In the world of foot MRI, has CT got a place?”, a webinar for first opinion and advanced equine clinicians presented by Dr. Jonathon Dixon on 18th April at 7:00pm.

Jonathon is an RCVS & EBVS European Specialist in Veterinary…

Simon Leroy Hutton MRCVS has been reprimanded by the RCVS Disciplinary Committee for kicking a horse in the abdomen after it kicked him during an examination. 

The DC heard that Mr Hutton had attended to a horse called Angel at a livery yard in Sheffield…

Zoetis has announced a supply problem with Equip Artervac, its vaccine against equine viral arteritis

The current inventory of Equip Artervac has an expiry date of March 29, 2023 and the company is not expecting a new batch to be available until the end…

Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound (VRU), Equine Veterinary Education (EVE) and the Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ) have published a free collection looking at the most significant advances in distal limb imaging from the past five years.

"Advances…

The British Equine Veterinary Association is encouraging veterinary practices to recognise and reward their nurses.

The initiative comes after BEVA's new nurse committee ran a survey which found a poor understanding within the profession and amongst clients…

The Equine Veterinary Journal has published a special early view article reviewing the science behind enhanced equine influenza vaccination schedules, in particular the replacement of annual boosters with a mandatory bi-annual vaccination programme.

The…

BEVA is marking Antimicrobial Awareness Week with an antimicrobial webinar for all equine vets on 24th November at 8:00pm.

Bruce Bladon will describe current antibiotic use in equine practice, Victoria South will consider the use of Highest Priority Critically…

The Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ) has published a special virtual collection of reviews where evidence synthesis has been used.

The term ‘evidence synthesis’ describes a range of methodological approaches used to systematically review, appraise, and…

Zoetis is holding a free webinar for veterinary surgeons, nurses and RAMAs to discuss the latest advice on best practice use of anthelmintics and the responsible use of moxidectin in horses, on Wednesday 26th October.

The webinar will take place at 11am…

The Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ) has published a special virtual edition with a free collection of 20 articles exploring the relationship between horse-owner behaviour and equine health and welfare.

Until now, research in equine veterinary science has…

David Rendle, an independent equine medicine and therapeutics consultant and sheep farmer has been appointed as President of the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) for 2022/23.

He takes over the role from Huw Griffiths at the end of BEVA Congress…

Dechra Veterinary Products has launched Strangvac, a protein-based strangles vaccine for horses and ponies.

Strangvac has been in development for over 25 years and Dechra says it's the first and only intramuscular vaccine to help protect against strangles…

Dechra Veterinary Products (maker of Strangvac) has launched a strangles toolkit to support veterinary practices wanting to talk to their clients about this disease and how to control it with vaccination.

The pack contains:

• Ready-to use social media…

Animalcare has taken over as the UK distributor of Danilon Gold, the equine NSAID.  

Danilon is used to relieve the pain caused by musculoskeletal conditions, such as osteoarthritis (OA), bursitis, laminitis, and soft tissue inflammation.

Some oral NSAIDs…

The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA), British Equestrian (BEF) and the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) are working together to assess and minimise the impact of a shortage of equine influenza vaccine.

They say that they've been aware of…