2017 BEVA Award Winners Announced
- Topics: Article, Horse Industry News
Awards were presented to some of the brightest and the best in equine veterinary science, health and welfare at British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) Congress on Sept. 14, in Liverpool, U.K.
The awards were established by BEVA, in conjunction with various sponsors, to reflect the association’s recognition of and support for significant accomplishments by equine veterinarians and others involved in horse health and welfare.
The BEVA Blue Cross Equine Welfare Award was presented to Graham Duncanson, BVSc MSc (VetGP) DProf FRCVS. a vet and equine welfare advocate. Formerly a government veterinary officer in Kenya, Duncanson went on to work in general practice at Westover Veterinary Centre, in Norfolk and is one of a small number of practitioners to be awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. He is a trustee of the Animal Welfare Fund and last year cycled more than 8,000 kilometers (nearly 5,000 miles) from Norfolk to Cape Town, working with equine charities en route, to raise money for the Animal Welfare Foundation.
David Rendle, BVSc MVM CertEM(IntMed) Dipl. ECEIM, won the BEVA Richard Hartley Clinical Award for the paper “Does oral prednisolone treatment increase the incidence of acute laminitis?” The article was published online in February 2016 and then January 2017, Volume 49, Issue 1, of the Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ)
Create a free account with TheHorse.com to view this content.
TheHorse.com is home to thousands of free articles about horse health care. In order to access some of our exclusive free content, you must be signed into TheHorse.com.
Start your free account today!
Already have an account?
and continue reading.
![](/wp-content/themes/hello-elementor-child/images/avatar-default.png)
Written by:
Edited Press Release
Related Articles
Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with