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Equine Piroplasmosis in South African 8 Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy 13 shared in any way whatsoever without
Dorsoproximal P1 Fragments in UK Thoroughbreds 15 the express permission of the Editor or
Cranial Nuchal Bursitis 17 Levetiracetum Pharmacokinetics in Foals 18 SAEVA Congress 2018 23 SAEVA President Annual Report 2018 25 Equine Disease Quarterly 30 Spirit of SAEVA Award 36 In Memory of Jim Antrobus 37 The Role of Animal Health Technicians 39 Sponsored Article 42
Corneal Ulcers 48
SAEVA Chairman.
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Editor: Johnny Cave
Editorial
Publisher: Vetlink Media Solutions
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Madaleen Schultheiss
Cover: Nicolene C. Swanepoel
The year has started at a furious pace and the annual congress has been and gone in a flash. I was fortunate to attend the first day of the
congress as well as the pre congress SAEVA executive meetings. The congress is a truly unique event with such world class speakers for a
relatively small group. The YMG have kindly provided a congress report for this edition of the EHU. Members can access the full congress
proceedings through the website.
BEVA have reported a good response to the affiliate membership and we have included more information for this offer for SAEVA
members. BEVA have also kindly extended a 30% discount to their annual congress to all SAEVA members. The promotional code
included in this edition can be used to access this discount.
On a sad note it was extremely bad news to hear of the passing of Jim Antrobus. I would guess most SAEVA members would have met Jim
at some stage and I think unanimously it would be agreed that Jim was a wonderful person and a credit to our profession. We include a
few pages in this edition in memory of Jim.
Finally thanks to Madaleen and Heinrich at Vetlink for putting this magazine together. Heinrich has recently taken over from Danielle
and has done a great job in a short period.
Johnny Cave
Communications Committee
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