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Book now for BVNA CPD Roadshow
Vet nurses to benefit from 2013 CPD tour

The British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) has developed a roadshow that will travel all over the country during 2013, providing CPD to veterinary nurses.

The roadshow is set to begin in February, with an equine CPD in day Cambridge, and will travel to London in March, Scotland in May, Bristol and Northumberland in June, Solihull and Bolton in July and Northern Ireland in November.

Topics covered throughout the year will include neutering early: the pros and cons, wound management and practical approach to improving your radiography and radiology.

During the roadshow, there will be lectures from Liz Leece BVSc CVA DipECVAA MRCVS, Georgie Hollis BVSc MVWHA and Julian Hoad BVetMed MSc MRCVS.

BVNA members will be able to book at a discounted price of £100, and non-members can attend for £140.

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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.