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Sharing our expertise in avian science

Posted by: David Welchman, Posted on: 3 July 2019 - Categories: Events, Viral diseases

APHA Weybridge hosted the eighth Avian Science Day in early May this year. In this blog, learn about APHA's important avian surveillance and research activities as highlighted at this event.

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ISAI 2018: APHA hosts avian influenza symposium

Posted by: Ian Brown, Posted on: 1 June 2018 - Categories: Events, Viral diseases
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Ian Brown provides an update on this year’s international symposium on avian influenza that took place at the Grand Hotel in Brighton from 15 to 18 April.

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ISAI 2018: promoting upcoming avian influenza symposium

Posted by: Ian Brown, Posted on: 18 December 2017 - Categories: Events, Viral diseases
Avian influenza sympoisum

Ian Brown talks about the forthcoming 10th International Symposium on Avian Influenza (ISAI 2018), 15 to 18 April 2018.

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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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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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