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

Vets and equine care professionals are being urged to get behind the first Strangles Awareness Week to help eradicate the stigma around the disease. The new national week of action was announced at last month’s National Equine Forum and will go ahead as planned between 4th and 10th May. The initiative, which has received the backing of the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA), has been organised through a unique collaboration between the Animal Health Trust, the British Horse Society, Ke

On 20 April, Axiom Veterinary Laboratories confirmed an outbreak of EHV-1 abortion and neurological disease on a non-Thoroughbred premises in Devon. The initial cases presented with respiratory signs and one unvaccinated mare was confirmed positive for EHV-1 by PCR on a nasopharyngeal swab. Within this group, there have subsequently been three horses with neurological signs and one of these required euthanasia due to the severity of the signs. There is a separate group of vaccinated non-Thoroug