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Review of APHA Science 2016

Posted by: Jane Goodger, Posted on: 20 July 2017 - Categories: Science strategy
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Like last year we have produced an APHA Annual Science Review, which brings together the many highlights and achievements during 2016.

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Safeguarding with science: Avian influenza

Posted by: APHA science blog team and Ian Brown, Posted on: 3 July 2017 - Categories: Viral diseases
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In the first of a series of videos highlighting how we safeguard with science, Prof Ian Brown, APHA's Head of Virology, talks about avian influenza (bird flu) and the work we do in our international reference laboratory at Weybridge.

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The winding path to the 2017 RHS Chelsea Flower Show exhibit

Posted by: paulbeales, Posted on: 26 June 2017 - Categories: Plant health
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Paul Beales highlights APHA’s involvement in plant health engagement by talking about the 2017 RHS Chelsea Flower Show exhibit.

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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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