How prepared would you be if your horse had colic? You're not alone.Colic Awareness Week is back: Monday 5th to 11th October and this year the ‘React Now to Beat Colic’ campaign, run by The British Horse Society (BHS) and The University of Nottingham, is asking all horse owners to make a pledge and sign up to receive a free equine care and emergency plan that could make all the difference when dealing with colic. This follows the success of last year’s first Colic Awareness Week, which focused

On 16 September 2020, Dutch public health authorities reported the first animal, a warbler, that has tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) in the Netherlands (Utrecht region). Warblers are migratory birds, but because this warbler was tested positive in late summer, it is very likely that it contracted WNV in the Netherlands. The same bird was also caught in the spring and had tested negative. Defra has said that it will review its risk assessments, but that this finding does mean that WNV

Internationally renowned Thai equine vet Dr Siraya Chunekamrai is calling for urgent help to to contain a lethal outbreak of African Horse Sickness (AHS) that has already killed 500 horses in Thailand and has the potential to kill thousands more. Dr Chunekamrai, Chair of the the Lampang Pony Welfare Foundation, and Vice President of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association, is treating many affected animals and leading urgent vaccination efforts by equine veterinary volunteers in the countr