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Colorado beetle eradicated in the UK 

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Colorado beetle eradicated in the UK 

The Colorado beetle has been eradicated from the UK thanks to APHA and Defra’s tireless work, safeguarding potatoes and other crops through surveillance, biosecurity, and public vigilance.

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Using models to evaluate policies

Posted by: Charlotte Cook, Posted on: 8 May 2018 - Categories: Data analysis & modelling
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...monitoring infection in animals. Q & A session The meeting was brought to a close by APHA’s Helen Roberts in an interesting final question and answer session for the audience...

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The power and intrigue of mathematics

Posted by: Charlotte Cook and Flavie Vial, Posted on: 25 April 2018 - Categories: Data analysis & modelling
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April is Mathematics and Statistics Awareness month! Charlotte Cook and Flavie Vial share with us one of the many ways mathematics is used within APHA to inform decision-making.

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Celebrating votes for women: the early years

Posted by: Flavie Vial, Posted on: 17 April 2018 - Categories: Women in science

Continuing our celebrating votes for women series, Flavie Vial, an APHA statistician, explores the achievements over the last 100 years of the many women scientists within APHA and its predecessors. This blog looks at the early years (1930-1949).

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Bringing home the bacon

Posted by: Richard Smith, Posted on: 29 March 2018 - Categories: Bacterial diseases

Richard Smith, lead APHA analytical epidemiologist, talks about APHA’s 3 year study of Salmonella in pigs.

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Celebrating the centenary of votes for women

Posted by: APHA science blog team, Posted on: 14 March 2018 - Categories: Women in science
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As part of a series of blogs celebrating votes for women, our female scientists at the National Wildlife Management Centre tell us about their achievements during their careers, many of which would have been unthinkable 100 years ago.

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Celebrating women and girls in science

Posted by: APHA science blog team, Posted on: 9 February 2018 - Categories: Events
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11 February marks International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and we are celebrating the event by hearing from some of our scientists here at APHA, working to safeguard animal and plant health for the benefit of people, the environment and the economy.

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DELTA-FLU: Dynamics of avian influenza in a changing world – virus, host and environment

Posted by: Sharon Brookes, Posted on: 8 February 2018 - Categories: Viral diseases
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Sharon Brookes, Head of Avian Virology and Mammalian Influenza at APHA, talks about our involvement in the new DELTA-FLU project funded by the EU.

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Classifying plants and seeds has enhanced our knowledge

Posted by: Mara Ramans, Posted on: 31 January 2018 - Categories: Plant health
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What links APHA, Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin and hairy rachillas? Mara Ramans, Head of APHA's Plant Variety and Seeds team, explains...

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How we know where your animals are

Posted by: Jane Tennant, Posted on: 23 January 2018 - Categories: Surveillance

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.

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Diabolical deaths: Fighting to eliminate rabies virus

Posted by: tonyfooks, Posted on: 28 December 2017 - Categories: Viral diseases
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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.

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