BEVA Council Updates

Antibiotic resistance poses a significant threat to global human and animal health and there is considerable evidence in human health that auditing antimicrobial use can be a powerful tool to changing prescribing practices. At BEVA, our Health and Medicines Committee are working on several projects that aim to tackle antimicrobial resistance in equine practice. We chat to Dave Rendle, Chair of the Health and Medicines Committee to get an update on what is happening.We have made great strides sin

On 21 November, BEVA were invited to speak at the "Get Into Veterinary Medicine Insight and UCAS Conference" to share with prospective vet students the realities of equine practice. We asked BEVA Council member Phil Cramp to attend, his report follows. Vet Mentor is part of the Medic Mentor organisation. It is a non-profit organisation run by vets for applying students, veterinary students and vets. It aims to help students by widening access to veterinary medicine, providing courses and educa

The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) has organised a week of engaging interactive initiatives for members during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 18-24 November 2020 and has also upgraded its award winning PROTECT ME toolkit, to encourage the continued reduction of the use of critically important antibiotics. The responsible use of antimicrobials is essential in order to prevent widespread resistance and to ensure continued availability of antimicrobials both in terms of effectiven

Lucy Grieve, Chair of the Ethics and Welfare Committee, provides an update on the work of the committee including the latest from the BEVA Obesity project.

Dave Rendle, the BEVA Health and Medicines Committee Chair, provides an update on what the Committee have been working on recently. For more information about the committee please visit the Health and Medicines Committee web page.

David Rendle was appointed Junior Vice President of BEVA at the 2020 AGM and will sit on the BEVA Board of Management for four years, becoming BEVA President in 2022/23. Your browser does not support the video tag. Since graduating from the University of Bristol in 2001, David has worked at universities in both the UK and Australia, but has spent most of his career in private practice in the UK. David is actively involved in all fields of equine medicine, but has a particular interest in endocri

BEVA members have elected Kate Blakeman, Safia Barakzai, and Victoria South onto BEVA Council and re-elected Bruce Bladon and Sarah Smith following the BEVA Council Elections which took place throughout August 2020. Congratulations to the five of you. An introduction to your new council members Kate Blakeman Your browser does not support the video tag. Kate graduated from Liverpool Vet School in 2007 and now works in a small, private, ambulatory practice. Based in Leicestershire, Kate is married

Lucy Grieve MA, VetMB, MRCVS, an ambulatory assistant at Rossdales Veterinary Surgeons, Newmarket, has been appointed as President of the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) for 2020/21. She has taken over the role from Tim Mair but in the absence of BEVA Congress this year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, Lucy’s inauguration was virtual; she received the Presidential chains via an online ceremony at at the BEVA AGM on 10 September 2020. Lucy qualified from Cambridge University in 2

Roly Owers, Health and Medicines committee chair provides an update on what the committee have been working on following a meeting.