At BEVA, we have been tackling equine obesity for a few years now, making existing information and resources accessible to all on the BEVA website, participating in industry-led discussions, and launching our first pilot for a project which seeks to increase engagement between vets and owners. Lucy Grieve provides an update on what is happening next. I have spent the last six months bouncing ideas around with the ‘Queen of Equine Obesity’, Tamzin Furtado, and the BEVA Ethics and Welfare Commit

Our Ethics and Welfare Committee launched a project in 2017 looking at how we can help reduce equine obesity. Lucy Grieve, Chair of the Committee shares the work achieved so far… BEVA pledged to tackle obesity when the Annual Members’ Survey kept revealing that it was one of the biggest concerns for equine welfare amongst equine vets. There was no naivety within BEVA as to what an enormous challenge was being set. With so much evidence of failure throughout the human and small animal worlds, we

In our Obesity Special Quarter, Lucy shares her own experiences of approaching conversations with owners about weight management. It wasn’t long ago that I realised I didn’t really understand the pathophysiology of equine obesity. When Dave Rendle bamboozled me on the subject, I did what most humans do (so the BIT tell me), I shied away, embarrassed by my ignorance. It was only when Nicky Jarvis explained it in a way that my Prosecco-pickled walnut of a brain could compute that I finally realise