Classifying plants and seeds has enhanced our knowledge
What links APHA, Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin and hairy rachillas? Mara Ramans, Head of APHA's Plant Variety and Seeds team, explains...
How we know where your animals are
Maps of livestock populations across Great Britain produced by APHA’s Livestock Demographic Data Groups (LDDGs) have been externally published for the first time. Jane Tennant, from APHA's Science, Strategy & Planning team, talks about their relevance and current work being done by the LDDG groups.
Diabolical deaths: Fighting to eliminate rabies virus
Tony Fooks discusses the work that our scientists are doing as part of our remit as an OIE Reference Laboratory and WHO Collaborating Centre for controlling rabies globally and preventing the risk of rabies reintroduction to the UK.
Red squirrel captive breeding programmes may be breeding grounds for adenovirus
Chris Nichols interviews David Everest of the Pathology Department at APHA Weybridge about how work in the bio-imaging unit led him and colleagues to undertake a long-term study on adenovirus in UK captive red squirrel breeding programmes.
ISAI 2018: promoting upcoming avian influenza symposium
Ian Brown talks about the forthcoming 10th International Symposium on Avian Influenza (ISAI 2018), 15 to 18 April 2018.
Safeguarding with science: responding to an Asian hornet outbreak
In a recent blog post, Nigel Semmence from the National Bee Unit spoke about the Asian hornet and APHA’s work to prevent the spread of this non-native species and protect bee health. This work, from early detection to eradication, is …
Antimicrobial resistance: “Chance favours the prepared mind”
To mark World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2017, Chris Teale looks at the range of work being done by APHA around antimicrobial resistance.
Citizen Science: from little acorns do mighty oak trees grow APHA's Observatree
Jane Barbrook highlights APHA’s involvement in Citizen Science by talking about the Observatree project.
APHA compère an incomparable COMPARE workshop
Amie Adkin gives an update on a recent workshop for the COMPARE project that was by all accounts beyond compare.
Marking World Rabies Day 2017
To mark World Rabies Day (WRD 2017) which takes place today (28 September 2017), Prof. Tony Fooks highlights some of the rabies work we’re doing at APHA.
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