Equine

The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) held its 52nd annual congress in Manchester from 11th to 14th September. Gina Pinchbeck of the University of Liverpool chaired Thursday morning’s sessi…

JOHN PERIAM spent a day with Mike Crockford, senior paramedic at The All England Jumping Course at Hickstead in Sussex to see firsthand how the vets and paramedics work side by side

GRAHAM DUNCANSON reports on his experiences, including case studies, over the past 36 years and how he has changed his view on antibiotics from being against their use to now using them in all cases

GEORGIE HOLLIS describes the use and value of extracorporeal shock wave therapy in dealing with wounds and why it is becoming a popular choice in both human and veterinary medicine

MARTIN JENNINGS of Horseware discusses wound treatment and the use of hypochlorous solutions

GRAHAM DUNCANSON reports on a recent visit to Nicaragua with World Horse Welfare to assess its veterinary involvement there and to review the dental state of horses treated at its clinics

BEN MAYES attended the latest veterinary sport horse congress in The Netherlands where, in addition to the top-class CPD, he was a VIP guest at the Jumping Amsterdam event

JOHN PERIAM visits one of the largest equine- only practices in the UK to see how it operates and the scope of its activities across a wide area of both East and West Sussex

DAVID McDONALD outlines how his practice has seen a rapid increase in the number of horses diagnosed with gastric ulcers and presents two case histories

“ONE size doesn’t fit all when it comes to planning a worming strategy,” according to Wendy Talbot, veterinary adviser at Pfizer Animal Health. “All horses respond differently to the same circumstanc…

DEFRA and the Food Standards Agency are investigating claims that they were warned nearly two years ago about horse meat entering the food chain in the UK and failings with horse passports. John Young…

A NUMBER of changes came into effect last month for cattle farmers in England in relation to bovine TB. Among the changes, the parish system for TB testing is being replaced with a country-wide system…

RICHARD LAWRENCE of Splash Marketing & Communications discusses how some equine practices are making mobile marketing work for their business

VETERINARY PRACTICE hears how an equine practice in South Yorkshire has set up a compound pharmacy to make ‘unlicensed’ medicines for horses

GRAHAM DUNCANSON reports on the latest conference of World Horse Welfare where it was revealed that equine charities are likely to be overwhelmed this winter by animals needing sanctuary

MARION McCULLAGH concludes her reports on the 2012 BEVA congress with a summary of papers on improving welfare during transport, and dealing with medical emergencies

DR Chelsey Miller, a resident in veterinary ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania, recently described some of the recent developments in equine ophthalmology. Almost all humans develop cata…

KEVIN WHELAN of Merial, discusses the prevalence and control of this disease and the need to be aware of the differences between vaccines, both in terms of strain composition and technology

MARION McCULLAGH presents the second in her series of reports on the September congress of the British Equine Veterinary Association, covering the clinical pathology session

MARION McCULLAGH presents the first in a series of reports on this year’s congress of the British Equine Veterinary Association, held in Liverpool last month