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2025 Programme

  • 6:30am - 7:30am RunBEVA
    Get ready for the day with an early morning run, walk, or jog around Birmingham.
  • 8:40am - 10:15am Newshour: The Year in Review
    Hall 1 Chair TBC 8:45am Surgery Speaker: TBC 9:05am Dentistry Speaker: TBC 9:25am Medicine Speaker: TBC 9:45am Sports medicine and orthopaedics Speaker: TBC
  • 8:15am - 10:05am Ophthalmology 1
    Hall 5 Chair: TBC 8:15am Ocular tumours Speaker: tbc 8:35am Diagnosis of unusual causes of corneal ulceration Speaker: tbc 8:55am Ocular antimicrobial resistance and therapy Speaker: tbc 9:15am Prepurchase examination: Recognising red flags Speaker: tbc 9:35am Recent advances in ocular surgery:what's available and patient selection? Speaker: tbc 9:55am Discussion
  • 8:30am - 10:00am Reproduction: The Mare
    Hall 9 Chair: tbc 8:30am Post breeding endometritis: An international perspective on treatment and antibiotic use Speaker: tbc 8:50am Post breeding treatments: What works and what's necessary? Speaker: tbc 9.10am Uterine lavage: What's the solution Speaker: tbc 9:30am Conditions of the late pregnancy: What can we really treat and how? Speaker: tbc 9:50am Discussion
  • 8:30am - 10:10am The Juvenile thoroughbred
    Hall 10 Chair: tbc 8:30am Orthopaedic infection: should we rush to flush? Speaker: tbc 8:40am Angular limb deformities - assessment, management, reassessment Speaker: tbc 9:00am Prognosis for profitable sale following management of flexural limb deformities Speaker: tbc 9:20am The significance of radiographically identified lesions in Thoroughbred yearlings Speaker: tbc 9:40am How to approach and manage upper airway problems in Thoroughbred yearlings Speaker: tbc 10:00am Discussion
  • 8:30am - 10:10am Clinical Research
    Hall 8B Chair: tbc
  • 10:50am - 12:30pm John Hickman Plenary Lecture
    Hall 1 10:50am Opening Address Bruce Bladon, BEVA President 11:20am John Hickman Plenary Lecture - Title: tbc Speaker: tbc 12:00pm AGM 12:10pm Awards
  • 1:40pm-3:10pm Fractures
    Hall 1 Chair: tbc 1:40pm Medial condylar fractures Speaker: tbc 2:00pm There is a fracture - I must fix it - right? Conservative management of fractures Speaker: tbc 2:20pm Catastrophic fetlock injuries - where are we now? Speaker: tbc 2:40pm Managing owner expectation following fracture repair Speaker: tbc 3:00pm Discussion
  • 1:30pm-3:20pm Current Affairs
    Hall 5 Chair: tbc 1:30pm No partnership? No future? No hope? Do it yourself: How to start a veterinary business Speaker: tbc 1:50pm The BHA and horse racing's social license Speaker: tbc 2:10pm Right-touch regulation of equine veterinary professionals (what does under care mean for me?) Speaker: tbc 2:30pm What does the CMA mean for equine vets? Speaker: tbc 2:50pm Access to the dangerous drugs cabinet and suicide prevention Speaker: tbc 3:10pm Discussion
  • 1:30pm-3:10pm Reproduction: The Stallion
    Hall 9 Chair: tbc 1:30pm Semen diagnosis: What's possible beyond motility? Speaker: tbc 1:50pm Ejaculatory dysfunction - a multidisciplinary approach Speaker: tbc 2:10pm Tips and tricks to collect the reluctant stallion Speaker: tbc 2:30pm Chemical ejaculation: A viable option? Speaker: tbc 2:40pm Semen processing - where are we now and what's the future? Speaker: tbc 3:00pm Discussion
  • 1:40pm-3:10pm General Medicine
    Hall 10 Chair: tbc 1:40pm The mystery of the feverish horse: Investigation and treatment of PUO - are antibiotics the answer? Speaker: tbc 2:10pm Recognising and managing urinary system issues: A focus on kidney disease Speaker: tbc 2:30pm Atypical myopathy: How to diagnose it? Does treatment help? Speaker: tbc 2:50pm Equine grass sickness: case closed? Speaker: tbc 3:10pm Discussion
  • 1:30pm - 3:30pm Clinical Research
    Chair: tbc
  • 3:40pm-5:30pm Imaging equipment
    Chair: tbc 3:40pm Getting the most out of my equipment and skills using my x-ray machine Speaker: tbc 4:00pm Getting the most out of my equipment and skills using my ultrasound machine Speaker: tbc 4:20pm Is nuclear scintigraphy a dying modality? Speaker: tbc 4:40pm Which CT machine is best for my caseload? Speaker: tbc 5:00pm Which CT machine is best for my caseload? Speaker: tbc 5:20pm Discussion
  • 3:40pm-5:20pm Ophthalmology 2
    Chair: tbc 3:40pm Intraocular gentamicin: Treatment of choice for uveitis? Speaker: tbc 4:05pm Approach to the blue eye with a focus on glaucoma Speaker: tbc 4:30pm Immune mediated keratitis: Disease recognition and treatment Speaker: tbc 4:55pm Managing ocular trauma: Best practices for immediate care Speaker: tbc 5:20pm Discussion
  • 3:50pm-5:30pm Reproduction: Advanced techniques
    Hall 9 Chair: tbc 3:50pm Advanced reproductive techniques: which mare is suitable for which procedure Speaker: tbc 4:05pm Do the results of advanced reproductive techniques justify the process? Speaker: tbc 4:20pm Recipient mare: An integral part of the process - their affect on outcome and appropriate selection Speaker: tbc 4:35pm Epidural anaesthesia techniques for OPU Speaker: tbc 4:50pm Planet: Advanced reproductive techniques - progress or ethical dilemma? Speakers: tbc
  • 4:00pm - 5:30pm Rest and rehabilitation: The first 12 weeks
    Chair: tbc 4:00pm Re-introduction of exercise after a prolonged period of rest Speaker: tbc 4:20pm Rehabilitation after proximal suspensory ligament injury Speaker: tbc 4:40pm Rehabilitation and management of horses following a diagnosis of navicular syndrome Speaker: tbc 5:00pm Rehabilitation and management of horses following stifle injury and surgery Speaker: tbc 5:20pm Discussion
  • 4:00pm-5:30pm Clinical Research
    Chair: tbc
  • 5:30pm - 7pm Happy Hour
    After a full day of lectures, our exhibitors invite you for a glass of wine (or beer) into the exhibition hall. Join them, find out about the latest products and services available and catch up with colleagues.
  • 6:30am RunBEVA
    Get ready for the day with an early morning run, walk, or jog around Birmingham.
  • 8:30am - 10:20am Case-based foot imaging conundrums
    Hall 1 Chair: tbc 8:30am Should we radiograph one foot, both feet or no feet? Speaker: tbc 8:50am Foot MRI with no abnormalities what next? Speaker: tbc 9:10am Navicular bone oedema: When should we repeat the scan? Speaker: tbc 9:30am PET imaging conundrums Speaker: tbc 9:50am Has MRI taught us anything about interpretation of prepurchase radiographs? Speaker: tbc 10:10am Discussion
  • 8:40am - 10:10am Foal Medicine
    Chair: tbc Hall 5 8:40am Antimicrobials use, what's the evidence.... (septic) neonates Speaker: tbc 9:00am When referral isn't an option: Can you manage a sick foal in the field? Speaker: tbc 9:20am Neonate acute kidney injury: Key indicators and optimal treatment Speaker: tbc 9:40am Meconium impaction: an update Speaker: tbc 10:00am Discussion
  • 8:30am - 10:00am Dermatology
    Chair: tbc Hall 9 8:30am Equine allergies: Triggers and treatment Speaker: tbc 8:50am Topical and systemic treatment of skin infections and cellulitis Speaker: tbc 9:10am Sustainable management of ectoparasites Speaker:tbc 9:30am The swollen sheath Speaker: tbc 9:50am Discussion
  • 8:40am - 10:10: Progressive equine nursing
    Chair: tbc Hall 10 8:40am Sustainable nurse champions Speaker: tbc 9:00am Orthopaedic nursing Speaker: tbc 9:20am Gastroscopy Speaker: tbc 9:40am Discussion All speakers
  • 8:40am - 10:00am Introduction to Equine Dentistry
    Chair: tbc Hall 8B 8:30am Getting started in equine dentistry - what, when, why and how Speaker: tbc 8:50am An overview of further qualifications in equine dentistry Speaker: tbc 9:10am Bridles and bits - what do we know and what are we guessing? Speaker: tbc 9:30am How to be a dental detective Speaker: tbc 9:50am Discussion
  • 10:20am - 12:30pm Antimicrobial stewardship
    Chair: tbc Hall 1 10:50am Human AMR perspective and stewardship insights Speaker: tbc 11:15am Clinical action: Guidelines, surveillance and benchmarking Speaker: tbc 11:35am How to make the most of cultures and susceptibility testing? Speaker: tbc 11:55am Unique challenges and barriers in the competition and racing industry Speaker: tbc 12:10pm Driving change Speaker: tbc 12:30pm Discussion
  • 10:50am - 12:40pm The Abdomen
    Chair: tbc Hall 5 10:50am Weight loss: Are we missing key diagnoses? Speaker: tbc 11:15am The drugs don't work: Navigating refractory gastric ulceration Speaker: tbc 11:40am Detecting red flags in the acute abdomen Speaker: tbc 12:05am Beyond the individual: Herd testing and environmental factors in liver disease Speaker: tbc 12:30pm Discussion
  • 10:40am - 12:30pm A pain in the back
    Chair: tbc Hall 9 10:40am How to confidently diagnose back pain Speaker: tbc 11:00am CT examination of the caudal spine and pelvis - what does it change in the treatment of horses with back/sacroiliac pain? Speaker: tbc 11:20am Medical treatment and rehabilitation of horses with a confirmed diagnosis of back pain Speaker: tbc 11:40am Surgical management of horses with back pain - how to choose the right case and surgical technique Speaker: tbc 12:00pm Panel discussion - Surgical treatment of back cases Speakers: tbc
  • 10:50am - 12:20pm The progressive nurse workshop
    Hall 10 Chair: tbc 10:50am Diagnostics Jane Devaney & Speaker tbc Consulting skills Cassie Woods & Speaker tbc Medicine Rosina Lilywhite & Speakers tbc Foals Marie Rippingale & Speaker tbc 12:10pm Discussion
  • 10:30am - 12:30pm Clinical Research
    Chair: tbc Hall 8B
  • 1:40pm - 3:00pm Peter Rossdale Clinical Evidence Lecture
    Hall 1 2:00pm Peter Rossdale Clinical Evidence Lecture Speaker Tbc
  • 1:40pm - 3:00pm Nursing Practicals
    Demo Area 1:40pm Orthopaedic scrub nurse Speakers: tbc Equinelab biologics Speakers: tbc Foals Speakers: tbc Suturing Speakers: tbc
  • 3:30pm - 5:00pm Moral Maze: Horses in sport - Benefit or detriment?
    Chair: tbc Hall 1 3:30pm Horses in sport - benefit or detriment? Panellists: tbc Witnesses: tbc
  • 3:30pm - 5:10pm President's Choice: Excellence in Surgery
    Chair: tbc Hall 5 3:30pm Evolution and pitfalls of standing upper airway surgery Speaker: tbc 3:50pm Relaparotomy: Easier to do it right the first time? Speaker: tbc 4:10pm Airway reinnervation from beginning to present day Speaker: tbc 4:30pm Angular limb deformities - alfresco edition Speaker: tbc 4:50pm Discussion
  • 3:30pm - 5:00pm Decision Making in Dentistry
    Chair: tbc Hall 9 3:30pm Decision making in equine endodontics Speaker: tbc 3:50pm Extraction techniques choices and considerations Speaker: tbc 4:10pm Wolf teeth and deciduous caps Speaker: tbc 4:30pm Surgical options for diastemata Speaker: tbc 4:50pm Discussion
  • 3:30pm - 5:10pm Postoperative Ambulatory Nursing
    Chair: tbc Hall 3A 3:30pm BEVA Nurse Committee update Speaker: tbc 3:40pm It doesn't stop at discharge Speaker: tbc 4:15pm Rehabilitation of the equine orthopaedic patient Speaker: tbc 4:50pm Discussion
  • 3:40pm - 5:05pm Clinical Research
    Chair: tbc Hall 8B
  • 5:30pm - 6:30pm Happy Hour
    After a full day of lectures, our exhibitors invite you for a glass of wine (or beer) into the exhibition hall. ​ Join them, find out about the latest products and services available and catch up with colleagues.
  • 7:30pm - Late Annual Dinner & Dance
    We hope you can join us for our Annual Dinner & Dance on Friday evening where Bruce Bladon will hand the BEVA Presidency over to Imogen Burrows. ​ Annual Dinner & Dance tickets receive a delicious three-course dinner followed by live music and dancing (stage-dive at your own risk).
  • 9:00am - 10:25am How To: Common Techniques In Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery
    Chair: tbc Hall 1 9:00am How to use positive approaches when performing nerve blocks to benefit horse and vet Speaker: tbc 9:15am How to perform medication of the sacroiliac region Speaker: tbc 9:30am How to take good cervical radiographs Speaker: tbc 9:45am How to assess foot balance Speaker: tbc 10:00am How to apply a 3D printed plastic hospital plate to a horse's foot Speaker: tbc 10:15am Discussion
  • 9:00am - 10:35am Cardiology
    Chair: tbc Hall 5 9:00am Murmurs in ridden horses: Diagnosis and risk assessment Speaker: tbc 9:20am How to get a good quality ECG - can I just use my phone? Speaker: tbc 9:40am AF: Case selection and treatment Speaker: tbc 10:00am Approach to the collapsing horse Speaker: tbc 10:20am Discussion
  • 9:15am - 10:25am Dentistry: Sinus Disease
    Chair: tbc Hall 9 9:15am Sinus anatomy refresher Speaker: tbc 9:35am Sinus disease diagnostics Speaker: tbc 9:55am Surgical treatment of sinus disorders Speaker: tbc 10:15am Discussion
  • 9:15am - 10:25am Parasitology
    Chair: tbc Hall 10 9:15am The worms have turned: Using human behaviour science to turn parasite management back around Speaker: tbc 9:30am Control, diagnosis and treatment of Cyathostomes Speaker: tbc 9:45am Ascarid in young horses: Strategies for effective management Speaker: tbc 10:00am Parasite control, current consensus and controversies: are we all on the same page? Speaker: tbc 10:15am Discussion
  • 9:00am - 10:25am Clinical Research
    Chair: tbc Hall 8B
  • 11:00am - 12:25pm Social Licence: Injury Prevention
    Chair: tbc Hall 1 11:00am Using connected technology in the field to gain insight into how horses respond to work and how to support their performances Speaker: tbc 11:20am Adaptive training to prevent musculoskeletal injury Speaker: tbc 11:40am Objective gait analysis with instrumented hoof boots - What is possible? Speaker: tbc 12:00pm The ethics of airway surgery in today's society Speaker: tbc 12:20pm Discussion
  • 11:00am - 12:30pm Endocrinology
    Chair: tbc Hall 5 11:00am Do all ponies have EMS? Who should we test and how should we test? Speaker: tbc 11:20am Promoting sustainable behaviour change for obesity Speaker: tbc 11:35am On track? Are track systems useful for managing fat ponies? Speaker: tbc 11:50pm Management of hyperinsulinaemia Speaker: tbc 12:05pm Donkey metabolic syndrome: Is it different? Speaker: tbc 12:20pm Discussion
  • 10:55am - 12:25pm Basics of Subjective Lameness Examination 1
    Chair: Speaker 1 Hall 9 10:55am Hindlimb lameness - what should we be looking at? Speaker: tbc 11:15am Looking at lungeing: Bilateral lameness or a normal horse? Speaker: tbc 11:35am A good physical exam - what can we learn from flexion and manipulation? Speaker: tbc 11:55am How to avoid common errors in lameness evaluation Speaker: tbc 12:15pm Discussion
  • 10:55am - 12:20pm Workshop: Making your Veterinary Career Work
    Chair: tbc Speakers: tbc Hall 10
  • 11:00am - 12:50pm Perioperative Management
    Chair: tbc Hall 8B 11:00am Perioperative feeding of the surgical patient Speaker: tbc 11:20am Perioperative use of antibiotics: Do we have a consensus? Speaker: tbc 11:40am Reducing surgical waste Speaker: tbc 12:00pm Discussion panel: CEPEF4 perioperative morbilities Speaker: tbc
  • 1:20pm - 3:00pm Imaging: What Features Can Dictate Prognosis?
    Chair: tbc Hall 1 1:20pm Management and follow-up of deep digital flexor tendon injuries Speaker tbc 1:35pm Are collateral ligament injuries always made up? Speaker: tbc 1:50pm What ultrasound and MRI features are concerning in the proximal suspensory ligament? Speaker: tbc 2:10pm What MRI and or CT features are concerning for sagittal groove disease? Speaker: tbc 2:30pm Palmar osteochondral disease: Which ones can keep going? Speaker: tbc 2:50pm Discussion
  • 1:30pm - 2:55pm Infectious Disease
    Chair: tbc Hall 5 1:30pm Vaccine update: Do we need to update the flu vaccine? Should we be vaccinating for EHV? Speaker: tbc 1:45pm Strangles vaccine and new diagnostics Speaker: tbc 2:00pm Vaccine hesitancy Speaker: tbc 2:15pm Point-of-care testing for infectious diseases Speaker: tbc 2:30pm Infectious threats on the horizon: Preparing for emerging equine diseases with a focus on West Nile virus Speaker: tbc 2:45pm Discussion
  • 1:20pm - 3:00pm Basics of Subjective Lameness Examination 2
    Chair: tbc Hall 1C 1:20pm Compensatory lameness - what's the clinical impact of the 'rule of sides'? Speaker: tbc 1:40pm The unblockable forelimb lameness Speaker: tbc 2:00pm The ridden exam - not to be missed or a waste of time? Speaker: tbc 2:20pm Distinguishing between hock and proximal suspensory pain Speaker: tbc 2:40pm Discussion
  • 1:30pm - 3:00pm There's No 'I' In Team... But There Is A 'Me'
    Chair: tbc Hall 10
  • 1:45pm - 3:10pm Clinical Research
    Chair: tbc Hall 8B
  • 3:30pm - 5:00pm Working Together To Keep The Competition Horse Sound
    Chair: tbc Hall 1 3:30pm Title: tbc Speaker: tbc 3:50pm Title: tbc Speaker: tbc 4:10pm Title: tbc Speaker: tbc 4:50pm Discussion
  • 3:30pm - 5:00pm Predicting The Future
    Chair: tbc Hall 5 3:30pm Mystic muck: What can the intestinal microbiome tell us? Speaker: tbc 3:50pm All in the genes: Genetic based predication for improved horse health and performance management Speaker: tbc 4:10pm Fortune telling for neonates: Is it worth treating this foal? Speaker: tbc 4:30pm The future of artificial intelligence: Clinical practice, research and beyond Speaker: tbc 4:50pm Discussion
  • 3:30pm - 5:00pm Urogenital Surgery
    Chair: tbc Hall 9 3:30pm Castration techniques to minimise complications Speaker: tbc 3:50pm Approaches to the cryptorchid testicle and investigation of the 'unknown' castrate Speaker: tbc 4:10pm En bloc phallectomy: Is there any point in a partial phallectomy? Speaker: tbc 4:30pm Caesarian section: Decision making and tips for success Speaker: tbc 4:50pm Discussion
  • 3:30pm - 5:00pm Pain
    Chair: tbc Hall 10 3:30pm Pain scoring: Consensus for improved care Speaker: tbc 3:50pm Sad, mad or bad - managing emotion, pain and behaviour Speaker: tbc 4:10pm Navigating chronic pain: Identification and treatment Speaker: tbc 4:30pm Post operative analgesia: How to manage severe lameness Speaker: tbc 4:50pm Discussion
  • 3:30pm - 5:00pm Clinical Research
    Chair: tbc Hall 8B
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