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Nominations open for 2025 BSAVA Awards
The winners will be announced in January 2025.
Both members and non-members can make nominations.

The British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) has opened nominations for the 2025 BSAVA Awards.

The awards, which have been running since 1961, celebrate 'unsung heroes' in the veterinary profession who have made significant contributions to veterinary science, research, clinical practice, education, and small animal welfare.

The eight categories are:
  • The Bourgelat Award - for an outstanding international contribution to small animal practice or science
  • The Simon Award - for contributing to the advancement of small animal surgery
  • The Woodrow Award - for significant contributions to advancing small animal medicine
  • The Amoroso Award - for contributions to teaching small animal studies to undergraduates
  • The Blaine Award - for contributions to advancing non‑client-facing small animal veterinary medicine
  • The Bruce Vivash Jones Veterinary Nurse Award - for outstanding contributions to advancing small animal veterinary nursing
  • The Ray Butcher Award - for a non-veterinary ‘unsung hero’ who had made a significant contribution to animal welfare in the community
  • The J.A. Wight Memorial Award - for a veterinary surgeon who has made an outstanding contribution to the welfare of companion animals.

Nominations are open until 30 October 2024. Both BSAVA members and non-members can make nominations.

The winners will be revealed on 16 January 2025 and the awards will be presented at BSAVA Congress and Expo 2025, which is being held in Manchester from 20-22 March.

Adam Gow, BSAVA honorary secretary, said: “It’s a real honour each year to celebrate those who have made a significant difference within our profession.

“We encourage everyone to make a nomination of as many colleagues and peers as possible, this is our way of saying thank you.”

Nominations can be made here.

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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.