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Bishop Burton announced as new Centre for Central Qualifications
Students can now enrol for the Diploma in Veterinary Nursing at Bishop Burton College

Located in the East Riding of Yorkshire, Bishop Burton is one of the UK's leading land-based colleges, providing further and higher education courses, as well as apprenticeships and work-based learning opportunities. The college also holds Centre of Vocational Excellence status in both Agriculture and Equine.

Students undertaking the CQ Diploma in Veterinary Nursing will benefit from the college's extensive on-site animal unit, enabling students to gain valuable hands-on experience essential for their portfolio of practical competencies.

Commenting on the announcement of the college as a CQ approved Centre, Marion Hopcroft, Curriculum and Learning Manager for Animal Management at Bishop Burton, said: “We are delighted to be delivering the new Level 3 Diploma here at Bishop Burton and look forward to developing a partnership with the awarding body to help to support the future generation of veterinary nurses."

Bishop Burton is host to a 360 hectare mixed farm and has recently invested in a £40million campus redevelopment of scheme, of which the Equine Arena was a project.

For more information visit www.bishopburton.ac.uk, call 01964 553000 or visit the CQ website, www.cqual.org

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Strangles survey seeks views of horse owners

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 With Strangles Awareness Week just around the corner (5-11 May), vets are being encouraged to share a survey about the disease with their horse-owning clients.

The survey, which has been designed by Dechra, aims to raise awareness of Strangles and promote best practices to prevent its transmission. It includes questions about horse owners' experiences of strangles, together with preventative measures and vaccination.

Respondents to the survey will be entered into a prize draw to win two VIP tickets to Your Horse Live 2025. To access the survey, click here 

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DAERA to reduce BVD 'grace period'

DAERA has reminded herd keepers of an upcoming reduction to the 'grace period' to avoid BVD herd restrictions.

From 1 May 2025, herd keepers will have seven days to cull any BVD positive or inconclusive animals to avoid restrictions being applied to their herd.

It follows legislation introduced on 1 February, as DAERA introduces herd movement restrictions through a phased approach. Herd keepers originally had 28 days to cull BVD positive or inconclusive animals.

DAERA says that, providing herd keepers use the seven-day grace period, no herds should be restricted within the first year of these measures.

Additional measures, which will target herds with animals over 30 days old that haven't been tested for BVD, will be introduced from 1 June 2025.

More information is available on the DAERA website.