Equine

Dr EMMA BATSON of Merial Animal Health talks with practices about the options

Laura Corbin gave the British Horse Society undergraduate presentation to the National Equine Forum. Miss Corbin, who studied at Warwickshire College, was the winner of the Eqvalan Duo Equine Thesis o…

Dr Nicola Menzies-Gow, lecturer in equine medicine and surgery at the RVC, presented a report to the National Equine Forum in March on the BEVA/BVA Animal Welfare Fund study on recovery from acute pas…

Diseases of the equine fetlock are one of the commonest conditions seen by the equine vet in practice but, despite their frequency, there is still a lot to be learnt about what causes such conditions …

John Baird discusses sweet itch and tries a new treatment.

THIS year’s 11th Congress of the World Equine Veterinary Association (WEVA) will be hosted by the Brazilian Association of Equine Veterinarians (ABRAVEQ) and the Brazilian Confederation of Equestrian …

Pieter Brama, Professor of Veterinary Surgery at UCD, previews a new stream at this year's BEVA congress.

“The equine industry has unsurprisingly become yet another victim of today’s compensation culture,” barrister Richard Liddell told Martineau’s recent equine law seminar.  “This has resulted in a subst…

SARAH STONEHAM discusses what should be done in the light of changing vaccine technology

PATRICK TRAILL reviews the types of vaccine available and the need for robust control strategies

ALASDAIR KING traces the development of both the disease and vaccines