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Tracking technology taking on the yellow-legged hornet

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Tracking technology taking on the yellow-legged hornet

APHA scientists spotlight how micro-transmitters are turning yellow-legged hornets into flying beacons, leading inspectors straight to hidden nests in record time.

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Bird flu in Europe this winter

Posted by: Ian Brown, Posted on: 17 February 2017 - Categories: Viral diseases
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Tracking bird flu across continents

Posted by: Andrew Breed, Posted on: 29 November 2016 - Categories: Surveillance, Viral diseases
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APHA scientists have contributed to a global study to understand the spread of avian influenza across continents. Veterinary Epidemiologist Dr Andrew Breed describes this work and ongoing work at APHA on the surveillance for this important disease.

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Colistin: an antibiotic of last resort

Posted by: Sarah Evans, Posted on: 18 November 2016 - Categories: Antimicrobial Resistance
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This week is World Antibiotic Awareness Week and today (18 November) is European Antibiotic Awareness Day. These events are aimed at increasing awareness of antibiotic resistance and encouraging best practices to reduce emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance.

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The risks and management of chronic wasting disease in European wildlife

Posted by: Graham Smith, Posted on: 17 November 2016 - Categories: Prions, Wildlife

In the spring of 2016 Norwegian researchers found the first European records of an emerging disease, chronic wasting disease (CWD),  in reindeer and moose. Graham Smith talks about a recent workshop that took place to discuss CWD.

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The importance of science to the Government

Posted by: Sarah Stewart, Posted on: 3 November 2016 - Categories: Science strategy
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Sarah Stewart, APHA Stakeholder Engagement Manager, talks about the Government Science and Engineering (GSE) event that she attended with Nick Coldham, APHA Head of Bacteriology.

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