What is the most feasible and cost-effective method to separate wild boars and limit the spread of #AfricanSwineFever? Our recent report provides new knowledge considering epidemiological, ecological and social factors. Read it freely available here: zenodo.org/records/127057…

The utility of whole-genome sequencing to identify likely transmission... New paper on how WGS can help to find who infects who for a two species disease sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

World-first project launched to track hedgehogs and reverse decline defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/08/22/wor…

Another example of how citizen science can help find invasive species.

The EWDA-conference has officially begun 🎉 After the opening session, Keith Hamilton (World Organisation for Animal Health) gave an exciting lecture titled “Unlocking #wildlife health data: the case for international information sharing and the challenges.” #EWDA

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Reducing grey squirrel overpopulation: The role of contraceptives in conservation aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2024/09/30/red…

If we monitor our wildlife and its health, we can better contain infectious diseases. This will improve the well-being of wild and domestic animals as well as our own health. #OneHealth

Wildlife don't respect borders.

Really pleased that MammalWeb has won the NBN Trust Group Award for the work on citizen science camera trapping.

Nice to know acoustic surveys can lead to new records.

Can biosecurity on farms reduce bovine tuberculosis risks in cattle in England? A review of observational and literature‐based evidence - Voller - 2025 - Veterinary Record - Wiley Online Library bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ve…

Our recent research with Nottingham Trent University University of Glasgow and University of Brighton found that food from people accounts for more than a third of the diet of urban foxes, compared to just 6 percent for their rural counterparts. Find out more: ntu.ac.uk/about-us/news/… #APHAscience #fox #foxes

Acoustic mammal monitoring is definitely developing fast.

If you go down to the woods today aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/24/wor…

Good to see more funding on squirrels, that includes APHA work on fertility control. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Talks on invasive species in Italy at the 14th European Vertebrate Management Conference

And two talks on invasive raccoons in Italy at the 14th EVMC

Glad to hear of our the success of the European approach to monitoring wildlife at the 14th EVMC

Is a newly discovered virus contributing to the decline of our wild hedgehogs? aphascience.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/23/dec…