BEVA pod

Member of the month: December 2025

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 December winner, Emiliano Espinar, owner of Espinar Equine Vets . Emiliano was nominated by a colleague for being deeply committed to his team, clients and patients and for just being an all-round great guy.

Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.beva.org.uk/Home/My-Membership/Member-of-the-month

BEVApod Focus - Managing equids of unknown ownership

In this episode, Lucy sits down with Imogen Burrows, BEVA's current President, to discuss a brand-new resource designed for those all-too-familiar out-of-hours dilemmas: urgent cases involving equids of unknown ownership.

 

Imogen talks through why she created this one-stop shop toolkit, developed with support from the RSPCA and the Police, to support vets who find themselves in situations where the owner can't be traced and quick decisions are needed.

 

Together, they explore:

• why these cases can be so challenging, especially for vets who haven't encountered them before
• What's inside the toolkit and how it can help you
• How the RSPCA and Police contributed to its development
• Real-world scenarios where the resources can be invaluable

BEVApod Newsflash: November 2025

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

1. BEVA News

2. BEVA Congress 2025 - 10th-13th September in Birmingham

3. MonitorME

4. EIDS

5. BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities

6. BEVA CPD

7. BEVApod

8. Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts

9. Equine Veterinary Education Podcast

10. EIDS Q3 EQDSR

11. EGS risk model sign up

12. Atypical Myopathy Alert Group (AMAG) report a case

13. US EHM updates

BEVApod life: November Member of the month

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 November winner, Sam Crouch from Bell Equine Clinic. Sam was nominated by a colleague for being a stud work superhero in the practice, keeping everything running seamlessly without seeking credit. Sam is also our first nurse winner!

 

Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.beva.org.uk/Home/My-Membership/Member-of-the-month

BEVApod Focus - How to approach behaviour change with Melissa Upjohn and Sophie Eaden

In recent years we've talked a lot about how we try to get clients to change their behaviours but how do we make changes in our practice or the profession? Realistically the method is the same but for both it can be really easy to fall into doing what's known in the behaviour change world as an "ISLAGIATT" (it seemed like a good idea at the time) approach. Listen in as Melissa, equine vet turned researcher turned behaviour change specialist, tells us about a useful framework and strategy to help us not waste our time and energy on doing things that are unlikely to have the impact we want them to.

BEVApod Newsflash: October 2025

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

• MonitorME

• EIDS

• BEVA Trust volunteering opportunities

• BEVA CPD

• BEVApod

• Equine Veterinary Journal Podcasts

• Equine Veterinary Education Podcast

BEVApod Life: October member of the month

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 October winner, John Pate from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies. John was nominated by his colleague for his unwavering support to students and inspirational manner. Not only does he encourage students from all backgrounds to consider equine, but he's dedicated himself to raising money for Marie Curie in memory of his Mum.

You can donate to John's London Marathon fund here - https://2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/john-pate

Think you know someone who deserves a pat on the back? Put them forward as our member of the month - https://www.beva.org.uk/Home/My-Membership/Member-of-the-month

BEVApod Life: Veterinary Careers - a journey to anywhere with repro vet Kate Dugher

Kate wasn't sure she wanted to be a vet and without the required subjects for traditional course entry, she embarked on Nottingham's 'prelim' course. She took her time exploring options with mixed practice, first opinion equine, before undertaking an internship. Following this she used her 'veterinary passport' to make the most of seeing the worlds and has settled for an antipodean life as a repro vet... for now! Currently she is working towards her Diploma with the American College of Theriogenologists via the alternate pathway, and has hopes for furthering assisted reproductive techniques in New Zealand's South Island.

 

Links

• BEVA Career Support for Vet Students

• BEVA Career Support for New Grads

• BEVA Career Support for Vets

• BEVA Guide to Residencies

• Veterinary Medicine and Surgery including a Preliminary Year BVM BVS with BVMedSci