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New president keen to promote equine dentistry
Vicki Nicholls
"As a first opinion practitioner working in equine dentistry, I am particularly keen to support the drive to secure legislation concerning paraprofessionals."
Vicki Nicholls will support legislation for paraprofessionals

The BEVA's newly appointed president, Vicki Nicholls, says she wants to promote the role of equine vets in dentistry and has spoken out in support of legislation concerning paraprofessionals.

Commenting on her priorities as president at this year's BEVA congress, she explained: "As a first opinion practitioner working in equine dentistry, I am particularly keen to support the drive to secure legislation concerning paraprofessionals; our role as vets is to safeguard the welfare of horses and it is paramount that this is reiterated in our aim to legitimise and unite paraprofessionals in horse health care."

Nicholls added that she "wholly supports" the need for many equine vets to achieve a better work-life balance.

She took up her post as the 2016/17 president at the end of BEVA Congress (10 September), taking over from former president Mark Bowen.

Nicholls is part of the University of Liverpool's veterinary postgraduate unit and has sat on the BEVA council for six years. She studied zoology at the University of Leeds before qualifying as a vet at the Royal Veterinary College in 2001.

After an internship in New Jersey at the Mid Atlantic Equine Hospital, she joined the equine team at Bristol University, where she developed a particular interest in equine dentistry.

She joined Wright and Morten in Cheshire following a period several years in a busy first and second opinion hospital in Wiltshire and passed the BEVA/BVDA dental exam in 2010. Subsequently, she acquired advanced veterinary practice certificates (Cert AVP) in equine medicine and dentistry.

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Cold-water dip to raise funds for Vetlife

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 The veterinary mental health charity Vetlife is inviting the veterinary community to join it for a sponsored cold-water dip.

The event will take place at Walpole Bay, Margate, on 17 May during Mental Health Awareness Week. Participants of all abilities can join in the challenge and are advised to bring a towel, a hot drink, a snack, and warm clothes to get changed into afterwards.

Those taking part are being asked to try to raise £100 each to support the work of the charity.

Details about how to take part can be found here. 

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Bluetongue low vector period ends

In an update to its bluetongue guidance, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that the seasonal low vector period for the disease has ended.

With winter over, Defra is planning for a possible increase in cases as midges become more active. It has warned that farms along the east coast of England from Norfolk to Kent, and along the south coast from Kent to Devon, are at highest risk from infected midges blown over from northern Europe.

Since the virus was detected in England in November 2023, there have been 126 confirmed cases. The most recent case to be confirmed was on 1 March 2024.

Farmers are asked to continue to frequently monitor their livestock and ensure their animals and land are registered with the Animal and Plant Health Agency.