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Is a newly discovered virus contributing to the decline of our wild hedgehogs?

A wild hedgehog foraging in grass with the text, "Are wild hedgehogs at risk?" and the APHA logo.

Is a newly discovered virus contributing to the decline of our wild hedgehogs?

Could a newly discovered virus be the reason European hedgehogs, once a common sight in our hedgerows, have declined in numbers in the UK?

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From Farm to Vet to Lab and back – in the digital age

Posted by: Kirsty Line, Posted on: 20 June 2017 - Categories: Data analysis & modelling, Diagnostics & testing
Lord Gardiner (Defra minister) tests the ADTS service

Kirsty Line talks about the role played by APHA's laboratory services in the development of the Animal Disease Testing Service, a new digital service for vets. 

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The pre-election period

Posted by: APHA science blog team, Posted on: 21 April 2017 - Categories: APHA news
Number 10 door

In the coming weeks, you will notice that it’s much quieter than usual on this blog. It’s because between midnight on Friday, 21 April and the general election on 8 June is the pre-election period.

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Happy Birthday APHA science blog!

Posted by: Hannah Newbold, Posted on: 18 April 2017 - Categories: APHA news
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The APHA science blog celebrates its first birthday today (18 April). In this blog I look at the highlights on the science blog over the last year. Here’s your chance to catch up.

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Keeping horses on the move

Posted by: Sian Mitchell, Posted on: 17 March 2017 - Categories: Diagnostics & testing, Parasites
Photo taken when Professor Igarashi visited APHA

Sian Mitchell, who is the Parasitology Discipline Champion at APHA, talks about how APHA supports the transport of horses around the world by performing statutory testing for certification purposes.

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Bird flu in Europe this winter

Posted by: Ian Brown, Posted on: 17 February 2017 - Categories: Viral diseases
Avian influenza map

Flu comes and goes in many guises but little did we know that the detection of H5N8 avian flu in swans in Hungary in October was to be the forerunner of one of the largest epizootics of this disease ever recorded in Europe.

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Department of Epidemiological Sciences: Expertise with impact!

Posted by: Emma Snary, Posted on: 13 February 2017 - Categories: Epidemiology
Photo of hands holding a petri dish focussed on farm animals

To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11 February), Emma Snary (Head of Dept of Epidemiological Sciences) talks about the science carried out to underpin policy in the area of animal and public health.

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Rare butterfly helped along by APHA Penrith

Posted by: Paul Duff, Posted on: 30 January 2017 - Categories: Wildlife
Image of an adult march fritillary butterfly

Paul Duff, APHA Veterinary Investigation Officer, talks about how he volunteered to help Butterfly Conservation in their project to save the marsh fritillary butterfly in Northern England.

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National Bee Inspectorate takes the quality route

Posted by: David Galsworthy, Posted on: 6 January 2017 - Categories: Bee health
Inspection of the brood frames image

ISO 17020 accreditation has been awarded to the APHA National Bee Unit. This is the first time a bee inspectorate has received this accreditation.

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Review of APHA science 2015

Posted by: Jane Goodger, Posted on: 12 December 2016 - Categories: Science strategy
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One of the Agency’s key performance indicators is for the APHA Science Advisory Board (SAB) to provide an assurance statement on the quality of the science that we carry out.

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What is driving the spread of bovine TB?

Posted by: Lucy Brunton, Posted on: 6 December 2016 - Categories: Bacterial diseases, Bovine Tuberculosis
Cows in a field

Epidemiologists at APHA have teamed up with researchers at Oxford University to try and identify what risk factors drive the spread of bovine TB in different areas.

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