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…

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…

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…

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 vet nurses and clients minimise patient…

BEVA is introducing hands-on sessions for veterinary nurses at this year’s Congress (11-14 September 2024, the ACC in Liverpool).

The nursing stream will run all day on Friday 13 September and not only will there be a dedicated lecture and workshop…

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…

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…

The British Equine Veterinary Association has passed a resolution giving veterinary nurse members the right to vote and stand for BEVA council.

The move enables RVNs to participate in major decision-making processes for the Association.

Marie Rippingale…

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…

CVS has established the UK’s first Equine Nursing Committee to help develop clinical governance and to support decision-making on issues that affect its 22 equine sites.

The Equine Nursing Committee is comprised of members of CVS Equine Nursing practice…

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…

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…

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…

Dechra is hosting webinars for veterinary professionals 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…

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…

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…

Horiba is hosting "Biosecurity for Equine Teams", a free webinar for equine vet nurses 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…

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…

Dechra is asking equine vet nurses to circulate a survey about strangles to horse-owning clients.

The survey, which takes about three minutes, will assess horse owners’ experiences of strangles and includes questions on the disease including preventative…

BreathEazy has launched a series of free client factsheets to support vet nurses with the recognition, communication and management of respiratory disease in dogs, cats and horses.

The factsheets, which cover canine chronic bronchitis, feline asthma and…

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…

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…

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…

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…

BEVA has announced that there will be two bonus plenary lectures at BEVA Congress this year (10th – 13th September 2025, ICC Birmingham) in which David Freeman will discuss colic surgery and Scott Weese will discuss antimicrobial use in horses. 

David…