The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ (RCVS) Mind Matters Initiative (MMI) has awarded a £15,000 Impact Grant to a research project seeking to develop a greater understanding of alcohol use behaviours and barriers to help seeking in the UK veterinary professions. The study will be led by a team of researchers from Oxford Brookes University. Dr Jennifer Seddon, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, will lead the study, in collaboration with Olivia Cormier MRCVS and Dr Emma Davies. The st

BEVA’s Christmas Cracker, held at the London International Horse Show, was the perfect way to wrap up 2024. This two-day event combined unique learning opportunities with festive fun, and made it all the more likely that it will become an annual feature in the BEVA calendar. With an interactive programme packed full of insights from leading experts, attendees explored challenging pre-purchase examination topics including the value of different imaging techniques and approaches, and the re

For Congress in 2024, BEVA and EVJ introduced the clinical descriptive abstract (CDA) category and we are pleased to report that feedback from Congress was resoundingly positive. The CDA category was introduced to encourage clinicians to report observations from clinical cases that shed light on possible harms, treatment outcomes, or approaches to diagnosis and therapy that would be of interest to congress delegates. This also aimed to further encourage abstract submissions from clinical practic

The National Equine Forum (NEF) organising committee has chosen an irresistible picture of a rescued Shetland pony, Arthur, as the worthy winner of its recent photography competition. The image, taken by Amy Newton, a volunteer at Munchkins Miniature Shetland Rescue, will feature on the programme cover for the 33rd National Equine Forum, which takes place on Thursday 6th March 2025 (#NEF25). Talented amateur equine photographers from around the world submitted more than 100 evocative equine imag

This medicines update is provided by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) and lists new active substance, new marketing authorisations and changes to authorisations most relevant to vets. Changes to authorisations most relevant to vets The changes to authorisations most relevant to vets can be found below. Each product is listed, along with the authorisation holder, distribution category and details of which Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) sections have been revised/changed. Chang

Over 13,000 AbPrazole and Absucralfate products destined for sites across the UK were seized by VMD enforcement officers. Across October and November 2024, the VMD, working with Border Force, seized multiple products marketed by Abler. The government agency received intelligence that these products were being illegally sold and imported via an equine Facebook group and via Abler’s website (abler.com). The two active substances seized were: AbPrazole containing the active Omeprazole. This i