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New award for equine vet nurse champions
The new award will recognise individuals who have championed the role of the equine veterinary nurse.

BEVA award aims to highlight the skills and versatility of equine nurses.

The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) has launched the Equine Vet Nurse Empowerment Award to recognise any individual within the profession who has championed the role of the equine veterinary nurse.

With the new award, BEVA aims to highlight the invaluable skills and versatility of equine nurses, and raise the profile of the vital role they have in practice.

BEVA president David Rendle said: “RVNs are an important asset to any equine practice; they have invested a lot of time and effort to become highly skilled but in some instances their significant attributes are not being utilised to the full.

“By formally recognising individuals who are actively empowering nurses to perform to their full potential and to progress within the profession, we will be able to encourage others to follow their lead. Ultimately this should deliver better job satisfaction for RVNs and more efficient and rewarding teamwork for the practice.”

An individual can be nominated for the award if they have achieved one or more of the following:

  • Promoted the equine veterinary nursing role within their practice and to the public
  • Supported and inspired equine veterinary nurses
  • Demonstrated that nurses are integral to equine practice
  • Expanded the role of the equine veterinary nurse within a practice or the wider profession
  • Gone above and beyond to demonstrate what nurses can bring to equine patient care
  • Promoted or encouraged further training and up-skilling of equine veterinary nurses
  • Used their equine veterinary nurse qualification to advance veterinary medicine or equine welfare
  • Created a professional environment where equine veterinary nurses can fulfil their potential
  • Inspired others to join the equine veterinary nurse profession

Individuals can be nominated for the Equine Vet Nurse Empowerment Award here. Nominations close on 28 April 2023, and the winner will be announced at BEVA Congress in September.

 

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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.