HBLB

Veterinary Advisory Committee

HBLB has appointed the Veterinary Advisory Committee (VAC) to advise it on HBLB’s veterinary investment. The ultimate aim of this veterinary investment is to improve the health and welfare of the racing or breeding Thoroughbred horse. The VAC supports this aim by recommending investment in priority areas identified in consultation with the racing and breeding industries.

Recommendations are made by the VAC across a range of activities including on-going research projects, education awards, and disease surveillance. It has also appointed the Education Sub-Committee to advise it on education awards; the Codes of Practice Sub-Committee to advise on the annual Codes of Practice on equine diseases; and the Thoroughbred Research and Consultation Group to advise on research scope and priorities.

The current members are listed below:

Professor Emeritus Sandy Love BVMS PhD MRCVS Former Deputy Head of School of Veterinary Medicine University of Glasgow Primary expertise: Internal medicine	Chairman of VAC
Professor Matthew Allen MA Vet MB PhD Professor of Small Animal Surgery, Cambridge Veterinary School Primary expertise: Musculoskeletal, imaging, oncology and physiology
Professor Gary Entrican BSc PhD Honorary Professor, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh Primary expertise: Immunology and Microbiology	Member of the Education Sub-Committee
Professor Colin Farquharson BSc PhD MB Professor of Skeletal Biology, Roslin Institute, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh Primary expertise: Musculoskeletal biology, Endocrinology and Orthopaedics
Ms Caroline George BVMS MRCVS Veterinary Practitioner, Lambourn Equine Vets Primary expertise: Racehorse and Sports Horse Medicine	Member of the Education Sub-Committee
Dr Rob van Pelt BSc BVSC MRCVS Veterinary practitioner, Sussex Equine Hospital Primary expertise: Thoroughbred Medicine and Lameness	Chairman of Codes of Practice Sub-Committee
Professor Christopher Proudman MA Vet MB PhD Cert EO FRCVS RCVS Specialist in Equine Gastroenterology Professor and Head of School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, Guildford Primary expertise: General Surgery, Gastroenterology, Parasitology and Epidemiology	Chairman of the Thoroughbred Research Consultation Group
Professor Falko Steinbach PhD MRCVS Head of Mammalian Virology, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA), Surrey Primary expertise: Virology and Immunology
Professor Tom Stout MA Vet MB PhD MRCVS Dipl. ECAR KNMvD Professor of Equine Medicine and Reproduction, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Primary expertise: Reproduction and Stud Medicine	Chairman of the Education Sub-Committee

Last Updated: 12 April 2021