The Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has today [15 April 2021] elected veterinary surgeon Dr Kate Richards as Junior Vice-President with immediate effect and, subject to its recommendation in June and ratification at its Annual General Meeting on 9 July 2021, the next RCVS President. A graduate of Edinburgh’s Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Kate was a farm vet for 15 years, a partner in a 15 vet practice in Aberdeen. She then moved to the pharmaceutical indus

It’s back: BEVA Congress, Europe’s largest equine veterinary event, is to take place live from 4th -7th September 2021 at the ICC, Birmingham and will be celebrating BEVA’s diamond anniversary with the theme of 60 years of teamwork within the profession. The event, which was cancelled last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, is the first opportunity for the profession to get back together after the past two turbulent years. To mark BEVA’s 60th Birthday, special celebrations and an exceptional

As reported on 7 April, the Equine Infections Diseases Action Group (EIDAG) – who advise British Equestrian – has recommended that the EHV-1 risk level is dropping to a low/normal level, but as an endemic disease the risk it poses to the UK equine population is continuous. As part of the measures put in place to mitigate the risk of the current European EHV outbreak reaching our equine population, British Equestrian and its member bodies introduced an equine health self-certification form on 18