In this epsiode, Tim Barnett chats to world-renowned head and neck surgeon Geoff Lane about his impressive career in equine medicine.

Congress has so much to offer this year, and none more so than for nurses! With more practicals than ever and workshops abound, the programme features numerous streams which nurses will find relevant to the various fields within which they work. Friday features 'one medicine', critical care, bandaging, casting and suturing, and ends with a neurodiversity workshop. Come and feed your professional soul with us in Liverpool - 11th-14th September!

Buy your ticket at bevacongress.org

A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including

• RCVS governance consultation

• Watch the intro video from RCVS President Sue Paterson

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

*Please note that since the recording of this episode the EVDA Practical Equine Dentistry course has been cancelled the Nursing: Schedule 3 Skills course on 29 June has become fully booked, places are still available on 20 June course*

Links

• CVS Group divests ts operations in the Netherlands the Republic of Ireland

Careers Committee update

RCVS Roundtable on the use of AI in the profession

www.equinesurveillance.org

EVJ On the Hoof: BEVA primary care clinical guidelines: Equine parasite control May 2024

EVE podcast: 'A clinical audit of the intravenous fluid therapy given to hospitalised horses’ with Natalie Dodd

EVJ On the Hoof: 'Comparison of veterinarians and a deep learning tool in the diagnosis of equine ophthalmic diseases’ by Annabel Scharre et al. May 2024

During his Presidency, Dave Rendle's objective was to tidy up the way we use anthelmintics and start to afford these essential medicines the protection they deserve. On forming the Anthelmintic Working Group, he invited Nic Steel was to be one of the first opinion practitioners to help the group create simple, practical and effective guidance on how vets at the coal face could take responsibility for their roles in the unfolding tragedy that is anthelmintic resistance. Nic talks us through the protectMEtoo toolkit and how it now provides every vet with access to the essential, evidence-based, digestible (you can read this stuff in the time it takes to drink a coffee!) information that they need to know to help their clients and save these medicines for the future.

View the protectMEtoo toolkit here.

Back in the Saddle is our new coaching programme specifically designed to support members who are seeking career support and are more than five years qualified.

Our coaches Kate Blakeman, Gemma Dransfield, Sophie Eaden, Claire Goodban and Lucy Grieve tell us more about the scheme and how it will support members.

Applications are now open for our first intake, find out more and apply today.

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

Links

Back in the Saddle group career coaching

protectMEtoo anthelmintic tookit

Vets with Horsepower

BEVApod Focus: MDR R equi with Fleur Whitlock

WOAH Equine Rhinopneumonitis webinar

Horse Trust Talk Equine Library

Redwings.co.uk

Paddy Gordon, owner of a mixed practice and farm vet, discusses his observations and experience in vet recruitment and retention. Increasing student numbers are coming through University but equine and farm need to be given sufficient opportunity and encouragement to allow students to select these careers. Paddy will highlight how practitioners can help students with early experience as well as support students most effectively through EMS. Championing success has also been important in developing the Farm Vet of the Future competition. Paddy has 30 years experience in practice and is working with Bristol and Surrey vet schools.

Links

Paddy Gordon's Facebook

Paddy Gordon's LinkedIn

Farm Vet of the Future Award

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

Links

Nominations for BEVA Nurse Empowerment Award open

BEVA Under Care templates

Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance Group

BEVA CPD

March EVJ In Conversation podcast: The Congress 2023 Peter Rossdale Clinical Evidence Lecture - Sarah Freeman on changing hearts and minds to improve equine health and welfare.

March EVE podcast: Christopher Baldwin's article 'A review of prevention and management of castration complications’.

BEVApod Life episode: Building Bridges with Ben Benson

BEVApod Focus episode: multi-drug resistant Rhodococcus equi with Fleur Whitlock

Fleur, EIDS epidemiologist, provides an overview of the 2023 Q4 Equine Quarterly Disease Surveillance Report Focus Article, authored by Jose Vazquez-Boland and his team at the University of Edinburgh. Given how we’ve managed R. equi infections over the years, it's not surprising that we're now confronted with a troubling silent pandemic of multi-resistance. Eradicating it once it establishes itself in a country will prove immensely challenging, emphasising the critical importance of surveillance contributions within the UK. Discover how you can play a part in making a difference.

Links

Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance (EIDS) website

Report a case, call: 01223 766 496 or email: [email protected]

EIDS Report 2023 Q4

Focus Article: Update on emerging multidrug-resistant Rhodococcus equi