Episodes

Thursday Feb 06, 2025
BEVApod Life: From Hong Kong to The Gambia.. give it a go with Hamish Leslie
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
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.
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Friday Jan 31, 2025
BEVApod Newsflash: January 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:

Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
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!
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Friday Jan 03, 2025
BEVApod Newsflash: December 2024
Friday Jan 03, 2025
Friday Jan 03, 2025
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
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RCVS workforce model highlights need for more vets working in public health
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VMD seizes over 13,000 unauthorised horse medicines sold illegally online
- Report suspected breached of the AMRs here: 01932 338338 or online.
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The BHA has announced changes to the Rules of Racing, which have been approved by the BHA Board.

Friday Dec 20, 2024
Friday Dec 20, 2024
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 consensus building tools, endemic to exotic, and biosecurity to vaccines.
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Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
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 impacts on future health and performance.
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Friday Nov 29, 2024
BEVApod Newsflash: November 2024
Friday Nov 29, 2024
Friday Nov 29, 2024
A rundown of the most important news from the last month that you need to know as a veterinary professional including:
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BEVA primary care clinical guidelines: Equine parasite control
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Environmental impacts of equine parasiticide treatment: The UK perspective
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BEF and member bodies monitoring EHV reports in France – extra vigilance required
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Monday Nov 11, 2024
BEVApod Focus: Hold your horses! Have you completed BEVA's new course?
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
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 able to work more safely and efficiently, but also with the calmness and ease that both horses and owners will benefit from and be grateful for.
BEVA members can access the course here.