Equine Health Update EHU Vol 19 Issue 4 | Page 2

Contents Disclaimer: This communication is intended exclusively for members of the P age South African Equine Veterinary As- sociation (SAEVA ) and may not be Abstracts 8 Equine Disease Quarterly 11 shared in any way whatsoever without CPD Article: 19 the express permission of the Editor or BEVA Report 24 forwarded, disseminated, copied or SAEVA Chairman. Published quarterly for the South African Equine Veterinary Association (part of the South Editorial Welcome to the fourth edition of the EHU for 2017. African Veterinary Association.) Expressions of opinion, claims and statement of supposed facts do not necessarily reflect the views of the EHU, editor or publisher. While every effort is made to report accurately, the EHU, publisher or the editor does not accept The good news for SAEVA members is that we are now through collaboration with BEVA eligible for BEVA affiliate membership for £109.50 per year. any liability with regard to any statement, advertisement, fact or recommendation made in this magazine. Benefits include online access to EVE, EVJ, BEVA apps, webinars and congress discounts. (At this stage some of the BEVA apps are only available for iPhone). I have been a BEVA online member for a few years now and use the apps and eBeva regularly. EVE and EVJ can also be accessed through their apps which are extremely user friendly. The webinars available through eBeva are world class and allow users to download certificates for cpd purposes. Editor: Johnny Cave Publisher: Vetlink Media Solutions Advertising and Production: Madaleen Schultheiss Cover: Nicolene C. Swanepoel Designer: Daniëlle Stuart Contact details: 012 346 1590 I would highly recommend SAEVA members take advantage of this affiliate membership. Thanks must go to our chairman Manfred for his efforts in secur- ing these benefits. www.vetlink.co.za Email: [email protected] We welcome any comments, contributions, The SAEVA website continues to evolve and I would encourage members to use it and also access the Equine disease reporting website and upload rel- evant information. Please also join the Facebook page which we continue to use to distribute information to members. Thanks again to Madaleen and Danielle at Vetlink for putting this EHU to- gether. Johnny Cave 2 • Equine Health Update • topic suggestions and letters for publication. Send them to: The Editor, Equine Health Up- date, PO Box 232, GROENKLOOF, 0027 Tel: (012) 346 1590, 082 575 6479 Fax: 086 671 9907 webpage: www.saeva.co.za Email: [email protected]