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In this blog find out how APHA helped protect human health by investigating the role of ferrets and COVID-19.
How to cope with African swine fever?
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In her blog Jo Wheeler talks about her experience working on African swine fever prevention both in the UK and internationally.
To celebrate AMR week, the UK CVO talks about some of the work going on in the UK and internationally to respond to the threat of AMR.
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