BEVA Provides Information on Medicine for Horse Owners

BEVA has produced a range of tools aimed to educate both veterinarians and horse owners about antibiotic resistance.
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Antibiotic resistance is one of the largest challenges facing the veterinary and medical professions today, which provides equine veterinarians with a window of opportunity to change prescribing practices or face the risk of regulatory restrictions.

To that end, the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) has produced a range of tools under the PROTECT ME brand, aimed at both veterinary surgeons and horse owners.

This year BEVA is focusing on education by providing resources for owners and veterinary surgeons. An open-access virtual issue of Equine Veterinary Journal has been made available, highlighting important publications in this area relevant to the veterinary practitioner.

But many horse owners do not fully understand the problems with antimicrobial resistance. Therefore, BEVA has produced a “Client Information Leaflet” that explains the concepts of antimicrobial resistance in simple to understand terminology. This is one of a series of leaflets being provided for members to help them comply with the requirements of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, the medicines module of the new practice standards scheme and the code of professional conduct which requires informed consent be given for such medicines

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