What have this year's Congress Committee got in store for you in Birmingham this September?.' with Nicola Lynch and April Lawson " Nicola and April talk us through the Scientific Programme for this year's Congress. New approaches to orthopaedic pain, PPE findings, pregnancy complications, imaging abnormalities and the use of PET, changes facing the industry, moral maze on horses in sport, minimising injuries, advances in the approach to rehabilitation, managing cases where referral isn't an opti...
Aug 18, 2025•28 min•Ep. 126
In this series of BEVApod Life, Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our new member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our August winners, Antonia Milner and Stuart Altoft from Summerleaze Equine Vets. Recently returning from many years in the charity sector to join Summerleaze, a new recruit at the practice nominated Antonia and Stuart for going above and beyond to support them as they made the career change. Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put ...
Aug 15, 2025•20 min•Ep. 128
BEVA President, Bruce Bladon, and Chair of the 2025 Congress Committee, Rose Tallon, talk us through what is on offer this year in Birmingham. From the President's Reception at The Alchemist, and the President's Choice stream on Excellence in Surgery, to the industry wide moral mazes on horses in sport and working together in cross-disciplinary teams. There are practical's and panel discussions, workshops and clinical research presentations covering all the topics and fields you could ask for. S...
Aug 01, 2025•20 min•Ep. 125
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including: BEVA member of the month BEVA news BEVA Congress EIDS website Send a sweet nudge to catch up at Congress BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities BEVA CPD BEVA member benefits...
Jul 31, 2025•12 min•Ep. 124
In this series of BEVApod Life, Marketing Executive Fiona chats to the winners of our new member of the month campaign. This month we get to know our July winner, Deirdre Baird from McGonnell & Gillatt Horse Vets. Deirdre was nominated by her colleague as an out of hours superhero who despite having the worst luck when on call, always gets the job done with a smile on her face! Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.be...
Jul 18, 2025•16 min•Ep. 123
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including: BEVA News BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham MonitorME Test to exclude West Nile Virus in Horses - GOV.UK EIDS BEVA Grand Prix BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities BEVA CPD Congress send a chocolate LIHS 2025 BEVApod Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts EVJ Racehorse Safety online collection Equine Veterinary Education Podcast BEVA Webshop...
Jul 02, 2025•16 min•Ep. 122
Most of us have grown up being told it's rude to talk about money, but is that helping us or hindering us? Council member Sophie Eaden talks to, equine vet and personal finance expert, Alice Barker about how to have better conversations about our salaries and why that's important. They also discuss the dreaded salary negotiation conversations and how to handle them like a pro. Then finish up with some top tips for handling your finances once you get that salary that you're hoping for. Attached a...
Jun 04, 2025•22 min•Ep. 121
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including: BEVA News BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham MonitorME EIDS BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities BEVA CPD BEVApod Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts Equine Veterinary Education Podcast...
Jun 01, 2025•12 min•Ep. 120
Talking about our feelings may still seem a bit fluffy to many of us in the equine veterinary profession but did you know it can improve patient safety as well as team cohesion and retention? Sarah Emptage from Bell Equine shares how they conduct "wellbeing rounds", what these are and how to set them up as well as the beneficial effects that running them has had on the team. With a growing evidence base in the medical profession to support these sorts of discussions listen in to hear how you can...
May 12, 2025•22 min•Ep. 119
Following on from the publication of BEVA's Schedule 3 guidelines in 2023, Marie and the BEVA Nurse Committee have been working hard with Jim Green at BARTA to understand the role of the equine RVN in emergency rescue situations. The new guidelines being published jointly by BEVA and BARTA aim to highlight the role of the RVN during these high stress and challenging situations to further improve animal welfare, client communication and team work with other professionals. It is hoped that these g...
May 07, 2025•28 min•Ep. 118
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including: Links BEVA News BEVA's One To Watch Award BEVA Awards Send a chocolate campaign BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham MonitorME EIDS BEVA Trust BEVA CPD BEVApod Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts Equine Veterinary Education Podcast A review of the equine suspensory ligament: Injury prone yet understudied Performance of Warmblood horses following tenoscopic desmo...
Apr 30, 2025•11 min•Ep. 117
Bruce explains why monitoring antibiotic usage in equine practice is an essential next step for us if we want to avoid losing some of our most critical antibiotics. Links MonitorME Eclipse VetIT Antibiotic usage in 14 equine practices over a 10-year period (2012–2021) by Rose E. Tallon, Brian Whitt, Bruce M. Bladon (EVJ) VARRS update 2024 BEVA Drugs app...
Apr 23, 2025•27 min•Ep. 116
The Back in the Saddle group career coaching scheme was launched in 2024 and received overwhelmingly positive feedback from its first cohort. We invited coachee, Vicky Jux, to share her experience of being part of this initiative, which is free to member and open to vets and nurses who are over 5 years qualified. The impact of this coaching on those involved is seemingly more far-reaching than anyone expected! Applications are open until Wednesday 21 May for our second cohort, apply today! https...
Apr 07, 2025•22 min•Ep. 115
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including: Back in the Saddle BEVA Grand Prix Horse Trust's Healthiest Body Condition Awards SPVS Salary Questionnaire Voconiq Report BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham MonitorME EIDS BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities BEVA CPD BEVA Congress 2025 Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts Equine Veterinary Education Podcast 'Clinical and morphological features of corneal lym...
Mar 31, 2025•14 min•Ep. 114
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including: Links BEVA News BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham RCVS Finance Team: finance@rcvs.org.uk or 020 7202 0722. AMTRA survey FEI HorseApp Vaccination Module MonitorME FEEVA National Equine Forum (NEF) EIDS BEVA CPD BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities February EVJ In Conversation Podcast Kate Allen's article: Ethical issues concerning UK veterinary surgeons prac...
Feb 28, 2025•12 min•Ep. 113
Hamish is clearly not afraid to challenge his expectations, nor take a punt on an opportunity when it arises... but he's made sure he realises the advantages whilst accepting the challenges and has seen all walks of equine veterinary life, from multi-million pound racehorses to working equids. Far from narrowing down his career choices, this has driven him to maintain the spread of opportunities in front of him and to never pass an open door without at least looking in. Links Gambia Horse and Do...
Feb 06, 2025•33 min•Ep. 112
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including: Voconiq Report National Equine Forum 2025 EIDS CCU: Bridle Fit with Russell MacKechnie-Guire EVJ’s January On the Hoof podcast BEVApod Life: Menopause: supporting the women in our profession with Liz Barton and Gemma Dransfield BEVA CPD BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities...
Jan 31, 2025•13 min•Ep. 111
Menopause is an increasingly hot topic for the general population, but there are aspects of equine veterinary work which can make elements of this normal ageing process more challenging for those affected and the people around them. Liz talks us through the basic understanding which we all need in order to fully support our workforce during those times, and Gemma relays how far-reaching the impact of menopause is, from the very subtle to the more obvious! Links Wellvet resources ‘Medical misogyn...
Jan 13, 2025•30 min•Ep. 110
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including: RCVS workforce model highlights need for more vets working in public health VMD seizes over 13,000 unauthorised horse medicines sold illegally online Report suspected breached of the AMRs here: 01932 338338 or online . How British racing’s data-driven Racing Risk Models are being used to improve outcomes for racehorses. The BHA has announced changes to the Rules of Racing , whic...
Jan 03, 2025•12 min•Ep. 109
BEVA's Junior Vice President, Kate Blakeman, talks us through the the new Infectious Diseases hub on the BEVA website. Celia Marr chairs the BEVA Equine Infectious Diseases Group, which worked on this treasure trove of resources which helps vets and nurses out in practice. There are resources for clients also, which vets and nurses can share with the touch of a button. More resources are being worked on and the hub will evolve over time to b your one-stop-shop for clinical sign radars to consens...
Dec 20, 2024•18 min•Ep. 108
This year Professor Chris Proudman published the first paper to demonstrate associations between a foal’s gut microbiome and its future athletic performance and its future respiratory health. The emerging fields of the "omics" has been one of the most exciting branches of science in recent years. Whilst we're a little way off understanding exactly how to capitalise on this in practice, it's already evident that interventions such as antibiotics and probiotics could potentially have far-reaching ...
Dec 09, 2024•21 min•Ep. 107
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including: EVJ Virtual Issue - Antibiotics: Our part in their downfall BEVA primary care clinical guidelines: Equine parasite control Environmental impacts of equine parasiticide treatment: The UK perspective BEVA protectMEtoo guidelines CANTER Guidelines (First Edition) 2024 Austin Davis Laboratories: What's your worm risk? BEF and member bodies monitoring EHV reports in France – extra vi...
Nov 29, 2024•13 min•Ep. 106
RCVS Specialist in equine behavioural medicine, Gemma Pearson, talks us through the background story of this new course, available free to BEVA members. Gemma has compiled a bite-size, digestible course with the busy practitioner in mind, which includes new material, on equine behaviour and learning theory. Once completed, members will be added to a list on the BEVA website, demonstrating their knowledge and skills in this increasingly important aspect of clinical practice. Not only will you be ...
Nov 11, 2024•15 min•Ep. 105
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including: Standards & Advice update: Advice published on amended Veterinary Medicines Regulations Read the RCVS guide to the VMR changes RCVS Registration categories webpage Fellowship Day page on the RCVS website BEVA warn of risk of sycamores Royal Veterinary College’s fact sheet on Atypical myopath y and the British Horse Society a fact sheet on Acorn Poisoning Clinical Practice Co...
Oct 31, 2024•12 min•Ep. 104
Gemma and Kate have both experienced the challenges faced by pregnant women and working parents, which are somewhat unique to those working in the equine veterinary industry. Where Vicki Nicholls' MumsVet initiative served to help, Gemma and Kate carried out the sizeable task of reviewing and updating the information provided. By working as a supportive community to help each other practices benefit from a happier workforce with increased trust and empathy across the team. Access our pregnancy a...
Oct 28, 2024•19 min•Ep. 103
Illness and injury can happen to anyone, but as equine vets and nurses we're at increased risk of being rendered unable to work. Two BEVA members have come to share their experiences of being off work and how income protection helped them through that time. BEVA members are eligible for discounted cover from PG Mutual, so CEO Andy Elkington joined us to explain how it works. Get a quick quote from PG Mutual...
Oct 18, 2024•22 min•Ep. 102
For equine veterinary professionals "being kind to ourselves" can sound a bit soft. Clinical Psychologist Dr Wakelin shares with us how actually it's quite the opposite and how it can support our performance in the workplace as well as life outside of work. Dr Wakelin tells Council member Sophie Eaden more about what compassion is, how it can help and when it might be especially needed. Support and advice for improving your mental wellbeing can be found at: Vetlife mind matters...
Oct 10, 2024•23 min•Ep. 101
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including: BEVA Nurse Members gain right to vote BEVA Infectious Disease hub Equine castration app VMD medicines update BEVA's Christmas Cracker London International Horse Show Programme September EVE podcast : " Respiratory emergencies in adult horses " (Bettina Dunkel) September EVJ On the Hoof podcast : " Heritability of sudden cardiac death in Thoroughbred racehorses " (Vicky Colgate) ...
Sep 30, 2024•13 min•Ep. 100
There are so many options out there if you want to specialise as an equine vet... almost too many to choose from. What area to specialise in, university or private practice, UK or USA, European Diploma or American... the world is pretty much your oyster but timing may play a part and what role you're best suited to also... consider the options, as it could be your ticket to anywhere! Links: European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS) American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Eu...
Sep 17, 2024•40 min•Ep. 99
Farrier and Honorary Associate of the RCVS, Simon Curtis, talks to us about 'The Foot' stream at Congress this year, which takes place on the Saturday. The wealth of knowledge and skill which will be brought together looks to revolutionise how we tackle not only clinical conditions but how we view farriery as a way to help prevent various common causes of lameness. With vets and farriers singing from the same hymn sheet we can see significantly improved welfare and performance.
Sep 09, 2024•18 min•Ep. 98
