A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.

Latest EIDS Report

BEVApod Focus: Sedating for Non-Veterinary Procedures with Neil Townsend

February's EVJ In Conversation podcast

Clinical insights: Who says there is no progress with solving tendon disease? (Roger Smith) 

Lumbar vertebral bone density is decreased in horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (Hal Schott)

February's EVE podcast

Neurologic deficits and surgical treatment in a horse affected with internal carotid artery tortuous elongation (Astrid Rijkenhuizen) - This article has been made free for one month.

BEVA Trustee, co-opted member of Clinical Practice Committee, Ethics and Welfare Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee for the BEVA/BVDA Exam, explains the new guidance document which BEVA has created (with input from the RCVS and VDS) for vets carrying out sedation for non-veterinary procedures.

View the full guidance

Don't Break Your Vet playlist

BAEDT members list

Whether it's handling dangerous drugs or working with unhandled yearlings, as veterinary surgeons we take calculated risks daily. After becoming pregnant with her first child, Emily identified a need for clear and concise guidance for veterinarians navigating pregnancy and parenting in clinical practice. After researching the information for herself, she decided to write a book to help new mothers make evidence based decisions about their work practices. Her book is called "Pregnancy and Postpartum Considerations for the Veterinary Team", and she now offers 'Ultimate Parenting Road Map' workshops in addition to one-to-one mentoring on the subject. Council Member, Angela Jones, joins us to discuss how planning ahead where possible, and having access to the relevant information helps ease the stresses and strains of trying to manage work-life and family-life during those early days in the process.

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.

Further information on each news item can be found at the following links:

• RCVS Academy launches client confidentiality course

Other links:

• BEVA CPD

Nicky has seen the positive impact animals have on their human counterparts in extremis. From service dogs supporting soldiers in war zones, to welfare cases in society, and The Horse Trust herd helping vets and scientists progress the knowledge we have and the practical implications. Through BEVA she hopes to distill information into digestible and workable solutions for vets to provide to their patients and their owners...

Edd has always enjoyed working on projects and has seamlessly woven this into a successful clinical career. Whilst recognising the opportunities and support that have allowed this to happen, alongside the funding, particularly from The Horse Trust and Waltham Petcare Science Institute, it is clear that his open-minded approach to careers and dedication to having a clinical impact have contributed to his success. With one leg in research and the other in general practice, he can understand the challenges vets face, and brings this perspective to the research he carries out; from Strangles to laminitis, and now Atypical Myopathy. His variety of skills and experience has enabled him to move the fulcrum of work-life balance as life has evolved, and this helps fuel his passion for exploring the frontiers of veterinary knowledge.

Law graduate, Justine Couret, is currently halfway through a veterinary degree at Tartu University in Estonia. When the head of the university equine clinic, Felipe Corrêa, suggested she and three of her fellow students created an equine association for veterinary students, they took the bull by the horns and set up 'Hyraco'. Through this they hope to improve accessibility to equine careers for all students, from clinical placements to gaining experience within the various aspects of the wider equestrian industry. They believe that the equine field offers many  opportunities, which are often overlooked, and hope to work with BEVA and other equine associations to bring those to the forefront for all students.

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as an equine veterinary professional.

Further information on each news item can be found at the following links: 

• Submit your abstract for 2024 Colic Symposium

Helen talks about her passion for the equine veterinary industry, and how despite its challenges there can be solutions to fit most, if not all. What practices need is good leaders, skilled managers, an ethos which nurtures trust and a team which embraces healthy compromise from all sides. As individuals experience life's pushes and pulls, there must be understanding that goal posts will change and challenges will arise, but that this can be used to everyone's advantage if the the industry works together.

On graduation, Angela completed an internship and spent time in traditional equine practice. But as life evolved, and with the arrival of kids, it became harder to balance the scales. Always one to think outside the box and ever willing to take up new opportunities, she has added more strings to her bow, and established a work-life balance in the equine field which works for her and her family.