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BEVA Announces additional Award Winners

BEVA has announced the winners of the reciprocal Voorjaarsdagen BEVA Award and the Sam Hignett Award as equine vets Adam Redpath and David Rendle respectively. These winners are selected on merit of their presentations at BEVA Congress, which was held in September.

Friday, November 23, 2018

Happy to be working in equine practice?

At present, companies all over the world are busily investigating levels of involvement and satisfaction of their employees. That’s because, when it comes to corporate business success, workplace engagement is considered one of the key ingredients.

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

International equine welfare veterinarian Alex Atock publishes memoir of pathfinding organizational change to benefit “My Friend the Horse”

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Blue Cross helps alleviate horse crisis with Home Direct service

National Pet Charity Blue Cross is providing a Home Direct service to help owners find suitable new homes for their precious horses if they can no longer keep them. The charity hopes the scheme, which avoids the need to use the charity’s busy centres, will help provide the horses with a secure future, preventing them from potentially becoming a welfare problem.

Monday, November 19, 2018

#Timeforchange: Do women in the veterinary profession still face discrimination?

Women in the veterinary profession still face discrimination and it is those who believe they are no longer experiencing it who are most likely to discriminate, a new study has revealed.

Friday, November 16, 2018

BEVA Trust volunteer, Alistair Todd gives a new start in life to Bodmin ponies

Kernow Farm & Equine Director Alistair Todd and his assistant Kitty gave valuable time, care, and attention to volunteer for a one-off castration project at the Shires Holt Horse Sanctuary, Cornwall early in November 2018.

Monday, November 12, 2018

125 BEVA Trust veterinary volunteers help more than 1000 UK horses

Eager BEVA Trust veterinary volunteers have shown their passion for horse welfare by helping make a difference to the lives of more than 1000 horses in the UK. 125 volunteers have participated in a total of 21 national equine healthcare and education clinics to date. This is in addition to those BEVA members who have volunteered their services for overseas work with the BEVA Trust.

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Online sales of horses need closer scrutiny says Blue Cross

A preliminary investigation into the online sale of horses has led national pet charity Blue Cross to call for closer scrutiny of horse sales across the board. In the first instance the charity has issued initial recommendations on how the equine industry can take steps to help reduce potential welfare risks involved with sales.

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Attend Renate Weller’s lecture at the 18th Irish Equine Veterinary Conference

The 18th Irish Equine Veterinary Conference is running from 8 to the 10 November 2018 at Celbridge Manor Hotel, Co. Kildare and BEVA members can attend for the same price as Veterinary Ireland members.

Friday, October 19, 2018

BERNHARD HUSKAMP of Gescher, Hochmoor, Germany

Equine abdominal surgery took a dramatic leap forward in the 1970s. At the forefront of that process in Europe was a German equine surgeon, Bernard Huskamp, who died on July 17th 2018, aged 87. He was the son of a veterinary surgeon who in the 1960s had built up a mixed practice in the small town of Gescher, near Münster, specialising in poultry diseases. Bernard took over the practice from his father in 1960, but was increasingly drawn to equine surgery after reading about the success of similar practices in the USA.

Thursday, October 18, 2018

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