Pandemic protection: ‘animal-disease detectives’ safeguarding health

14 May 2021
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“Countries across the globe are currently being disrupted by devasting animal and human outbreaks, from the COVID-19 pandemic to African swine fever, with the latter wiping out more than a quarter of the global pig population,” Dr Henning said.

A University of Queensland researcher is helping train 'animal-disease detectives' to protect animals and humans from the threat of future pandemics.

Associate Professor Joerg Henning is part of the Asia Pacific Consortium of Veterinary Epidemiology (APCOVE) project, teaching veterinarians and animal epidemiologists in South East Asia how to stop destructive pathogens before they spread.

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