Imogen Burrows News Today

1. Farewell to a diminutive equine star Tanya Buckingham-Lloyd has paid a special tribute to her 15hh eventing partner Dovecote Miss Scally, who took her rider from Pony Club to the junior Europeans and advanced eventing. The mare was put down last Friday (9 February), aged 29, having spent the past 18 years “living life […]

1. Is “one last summer” always the right step? Among the topics discussed at the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) Congress (13–16 September) was a panel discussion on “Good health or good welfare? Why can’t we agree what good welfare means?”. The panellists presented case studies during which they considered the difference between health and […]

“Dilemmas” around turnout, euthanasia and restrictive grazing have come under discussion by experts as they navigate what “good welfare” really means. At the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) Congress (13–16 September), animal welfare specialist Madeleine Campbell chaired a panel discussion comprising vets Imogen Burrows, Becky Smith and Isabella Wild, and animal welfare researcher Jo Hockenhull, […]

New BEVA President Roger Smith is preparing to work on initiatives to showcase "what a great job being an equine vet is".

Showing – and the industry as a whole – must work together to continue the progress made to combat equine obesity, from grassroots to the top levels. At the equine weight forum, at the Royal International Horse Show (RIHS), where the Weigh to Win body condition awards were handed out for the fourth year, representatives […]

Vet practices around the UK have reported a high increase in laminitis cases in horses and ponies and urged owners to be vigilant