Tackling EHV-1
About this Webinar
TBA Chief Executive Naomi Mellor is joined by Ashley Roberts and Richard Newton for an informative, frank and practical discussion on EHV-1. In this webinar, they take a closer look at what it is, vaccinations, disease reporting and surveillance, future treatments and EHV-1 globally. For more information, visit the Equine Survelliance website HERE.

After several years as a veterinary surgeon working in general mixed practice, in 1994 Richard joined the Animal Health Trust. At the AHT, as well as gaining an MSc, PhD and FRCVS, he acquired a breadth of experience in the epidemiology, surveillance and control of a range of equine infectious diseases, including influenza, strangles and equine herpesvirus. Having established Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance (EIDS) as a new initiative at the BHA, the EIDS team transferred to Cambridge Vet School in November 2021, still providing global disease surveillance and advice on disease prevention strategies and management of outbreaks. He sits on several equine industry advisory boards.
Ashley obtained his BSc in Genetics from the University of York and as part of his degree spent a year at the Department of Gene therapy of the National Heart and Lung Institute in London on an industrial placement. After completing his PhD at the University of Glasgow, he then undertook a series of research projects, including investigating the mechanism of miRNA-122 action in Hepatitis C virus translation.
Video details
- Length:
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53m
- Subject:
- Preventative Equine Medicine
- Published:
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24 Jun 2026
- Talk type:
- Webinar