APHA's £2.3m investment into avian influenza research

The project, led by APHA, will collect and analyse samples from a range of bird and mammal populations to better understand how the virus behaves

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APHA's £2.3m investment into avian influenza research

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has launched a new £2.3 million project to better understand how avian influenza behaves in wild bird and mammal populations. Scientists from APHA, alongside...

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