Veterinary wider reading: Avian influenza in the UK

So You Want To Be a Vet? - A podcast by Erin Burnett

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Welcome back to the 'So You Want To Be A Vet?' podcast! Join us in this veterinary wider reading episode where we discuss bird flu (avian influenza), the important role of vets in this disease and a little bit about the science behind the transmission process of bird flu and how safety measures have been put in place to reduce the bird flu outbreaks. Some points we covered:

- what is bird flu?

- what type of virus, transmission routes & how it informs government policies and safety biosecurity measures

- role of vets in the bird flu outbreak

- how the wider public are affected by bird flu, why is it important to be aware about this

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Links to find out more about Avian Influenza:

  • UK Gov website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/avian-influenza-bird-flu-stop-the-spread-webinars/stop-the-spread-webinars
  • UK Health and Security https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2022/11/17/an-update-on-avian-flu/ 
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency https://aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2021/12/16/bird-flu-outbreak-2021/

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