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ASF White Paper now available in Spanish and French
We have had great interest in our recently published White Paper dealing with the creation of disease-free compartments as a way to ensure business continuity for pork producers in the face of African Swine Fever. The paper has been downloaded over 460 times in the...
New publication related to epidemiological research in Chile
Ausvet has published another article in the peer-reviewed scientific press based on work conducted in Chile in 2018. This Aquaculture article entitled ‘Effectiveness of vaccination for the control of salmonid rickettsial septicaemia in commercial salmon and trout...
Should Jack* go to China?
The Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak is making headlines across the world, with at least 830 cases and 25 deaths recorded in China already, and several cases confirmed in other countries. Our colleague Jack* is due to travel to China in a couple of weeks, and he’s wondering whether he should go.
As epidemiologists, what advice should we give Jack?
New guide to protecting pork export businesses from the ASF pandemic released
African Swine Fever (ASF) has been continuing its global spread, with reports of newly affected areas almost weekly. In the absence of a vaccine, controlling movement of potentially infected pigs and pork products is vital to reducing the spread, but this is causing...
World One Health Day 2019
At Ausvet, implementing One Health approaches is core to our goal to improve health through applied epidemiology worldwide. To mark World One Health Day this Sunday 3rd November, we thought we would give a bit of background on what One Health is and how it relates to...
PPR eradication
Angus Cameron has recently published a paper outlining a new approach to the global eradication of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) which is a devastating disease of sheep and goats and which threatens the livelihoods and food security in the world's poorest...