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BEVA reveals 2025 Congress theme
This year's BEVA Congress will highlight the rise of antimicrobial resistance.

The event will explore the rise antimicrobial resistance.

The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) has announced the theme for its 2025 Congress will be ‘Use it wisely or lose it forever’.

Under the theme, the event will highlight the rise of antimicrobial resistance and underscore the importance of veterinary professionals in preserving the effectiveness of the availability of drugs in this class.

BEVA Congress takes place over three days in September (10-13) at the ICC Birmingham. Antimicrobial themes will run through the general medicine and foal sessions, and there will be a session dedicated to antimicrobial stewardship. 

BEVA president Bruce Bladon said: “Resistance to antibiotics is already a serious public health threat. My presidential ambition this year has been to demonstrate that equine practice, as a united sector, is responsible and proportionate with our usage of antimicrobials. 

“The theme ‘use it wisely or lose it forever’ is borne of the need to deploy our knowledge and fine judgement when prescribing antimicrobials, aware that our right to prescribe is not inviolate. We may yet lose access to these precious drugs.”

This year’s Congress programme, chaired by Rose Tallon, promises the ‘perfect mix of expertise, enlightening practical sessions and outstanding socials’. 

It will include more than 90 hours of live and on-demand CPD, delivered via presentations, interactive discussions, debates and workshops, culminating in the Peter Rossdale Plenary Lecture, delivered by Professor Scott Weese. 

For more information and to book tickets, visit bevacongress.org

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 Defra has published guidance for the vet sector ahead of a proposed UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement.

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The guidance can be found here. More detail is expected as negotiations progress. 

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