20 Nov 2025
Read about APHA's study with partners on antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) in Escherichia coli (E. coli), a bacteria that can cause infections in the gut, urinary tract and other parts of the body.
eurosurveillance.org/content…
#APHAscience #WAAW #OneHealth
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17 Nov 2025
The UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance sets out actions to tackle one of the biggest global health issues of our time.
Learn how we’re helping deliver this vision through our national and international work: aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025…
#APHAscience #WAAW #AMR
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6 Nov 2025
🐄 In a landmark achievement for British agriculture, the @WOAH has officially recognised England & Wales and Scotland as regions of negligible risk for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as “mad cow disease”. @APHAgovuk
➡️ rvc.uk.com/GB-BSE-negligible…
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29 Oct 2025
🐄 The WOAH Collaborating Centre for Risk Analysis & Modelling #WOAHCCRAM has published a new review published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science, ‘Quantitative risk assessment for infectious disease introduction in animal populations’. #APHAscience
➡️ rvc.uk.com/WOAH-QRA
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22 Oct 2025
🎉 Today we're celebrating the UK achieving #BSE negligible risk status from @WOAH — a major milestone nearly 40 years after APHA first identified it. Huge thanks to APHA & @DefraGovUK colleagues for their dedication.
Learn more: aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025…
#APHAscience
ALT APHA and Defra colleagues gather outside of APHA's Weybridge headquarters. L-R: Jason Field APHA Director of Science (Operations and Research), Elizabeth Buchanan, APHA Lead Non-Executive Director, Professor Christine Middlemiss, UK Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr Richard Lewis, APHA Chief Executive, Yvonne Spencer, APHA Director of Science Capability and Dan Horton APHA Interim Director of Science Capability.
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7 Oct 2025
🐘APHA scientists and collaborators have successfully completed a vaccine trial for elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) in Asian elephants.
The research paves the way for testing in younger elephants, who are most vulnerable to severe disease.
#APHAscience
7 Oct 2025
Groundbreaking research into new vaccine for elephants 💉
@APHAgovuk @UniOfSurrey and @chesterzoo have developed a new vaccine to prevent a deadly virus that affects young elephants. 🐘
Hear more from those involved in the trial ⬇️
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6 Oct 2025
Red squirrels are fighting for survival and APHA is playing a key role with ground breaking science, smart feeders, and a bold plan to restore balance to UK woodlands.
aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025…
#APHAscience #redsquirrels
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1 Sep 2025
Read about how APHA’s National Bee Unit is using micro-transmitters to turn Yellow-Legged Hornets (Asian Hornets) into flying beacons, leading inspectors straight to hidden nests in record time:
aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025…
#APHAscience #BeeHealth #AsianHornetWeek #YellowLeggedHornet
ALT Promotional image for Yellow-Legged Hornet Week /Asian Hornet Week 2025 by the Animal & Plant Health Agency, featuring a close-up of a tagged yellow-legged hornet.
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15 Jul 2025
APHA Scientific brings vital UK science to the world, supporting animal and plant health through diagnostics, reagents, and expert services. Explore what we do on our new website: aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025…
#APHAscience
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11 Jul 2025
The WOAH Collaborating Centre for Risk Analysis and Modelling has launched a small animal health notification system in Great Britain. Find out more at:
rvc.ac.uk/research/risk-anal…
#WOAHCCRAM #APHAscience
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1 Jul 2025
We’re at the 10th Symposium on Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and the Environment in Berlin, presenting our #AMR research & surveillance work & showcasing how our reference laboratories are delivering on the National Action Plan for AMR.
arae2025.de/
#APHAscience
ALT APHA scientists at the10th Symposium on Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and the Environment in Berlin.
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7 Jun 2025
As part of APHA’s international Animal Health Systems Strengthening project, delegates from Zambian scientific & veterinary institutions recently met with APHA’s Salmonella team to share knowledge on disease control and its impact on food safety. #WorldFoodSafetyDay #APHAscience
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26 May 2025
🦔 Could a newly discovered virus be the reason European hedgehogs, once a common sight in our hedgerows, have declined in numbers in the UK?
Find out in our latest #APHAscience blog: 👇
aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025…
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21 May 2025
APHA scientists have identified evidence of #WestNileVirus in UK #mosquitoes for the first time.
This important surveillance was carried out with partners as part of the @vb_radar project.
Find out more: 👇
ukhsa-newsroom.prgloo.com/ne…
#APHAscience #VectorBorneDisease
ALT Mosquito on water. Image by Getty Images Photographer: doug4537
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15 May 2025
This #InvasiveSpeciesWeek, hear more about the important work APHA is doing to monitor and eradicate the Yellow-legged Hornet (also known as the Asian Hornet) in the UK:
aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025…
#INNSweek #APHAscience @InvasiveSp @NBU_APHA
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15 May 2025
#UsutuVirus, which can be transmitted by native mosquitoes, has been spreading across southern England in the last 5 years and has had a big impact on #Blackbird populations.
Find out about APHA's work with partners to monitor its spread:
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj3x…
#APHAscience
ALT A blackbird perched on a branch amid clusters of red berries under a clear blue sky. Photo by Chris (@chris23) on Unsplash
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12 May 2025
🌱 It’s International Day of Plant Health!
In our #APHAscience blog, #APHA, @FeraScience
& @Forest_Research explain how the Genomics for Animal & Plant Disease Consortium is helping to improve #PlantHealth & #OneHealth
aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025…
#PlantHealthDay #PlantHealthWeek
ALT Image of tomato plants with the words 'Protecting Britain's fields and forests' and the logo for International Day of Plant Health below.
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8 May 2025
We're leading an innovative new surveillance project with partners to protect crops, livestock, forests and fisheries from infectious diseases.
Find out more about the Genomics for Animal and Plant Disease Consortium (GAP-DC): gov.uk/government/news/advan…
#APHAscience
ALT DNA helix string. Image credit: Arek Socha, Pixabay
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24 Mar 2025
This #WorldTBDay, APHA disease scientist Siân Powell describes a long-standing project at Woodchester Park to better understand TB disease spread in badger populations and explains how we've improved our diagnostic capabilities over the years:
#APHAscience
aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025…
ALT Image of two badgers in woodland. The Animal and Plant Health Agency logo is on the top left and underneath it says 'World TB Day'.
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11 Feb 2025
In our latest APHA science blog, Dr Jess Parry, Epidemiology Workgroup Leader, reflects on her path from a curious young girl, passionate about biology to her current role as a scientist and leader at APHA.
Read more: aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025…
#APHAscience #STEM #WomenInScience
ALT Image shows a young girl in a white lab coat against a blue background standing next to the words 'International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025'. To the top left of the image is the Animal and Plant Health Agency logo.
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