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The World Health Organization (WHO), World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly held an expert workshop in Geneva, from 26 to 28 February 2018, to further advance the development of the Tripartite Zoonoses Guide (TZG) and discuss overarching issues and specific topics related to the TZG content.

The article ‘Blanket rule: Light cotton rugs are no match for good shade on a hot day, study finds’ by Dr Padalino (Assistant Professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health) et al. has been published on Horsetalk.co.nz.

Prof. Reichel (Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences) and Prof. Hampson (Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health) along with Prof. Pfeiffer and Dr. Rosanowski attended the ‘International Conference on the Equine Disease Free Zone’ held in Hong Kong from 10 to 13 December 2017.

Prof. Pfeiffer (Chair Professor of One Health) was a keynote speaker at the 2018 ‘Global Alliance for Research on Avian Diseases’ conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, held from January 17 to 19, 2018

Lisa Kohnle recently joined the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health as Research Assistant.

Dr Akos Kenez recently joined the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health as Assistant Professor in Veterinary Physiology.

Watch the latest Pearl Report Programme as it discusses the contributions that the veterinary programme can give to the local community.

Dr Jun Li recently joined the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health as Assistant Professor in Bioinformatics.

Prof. Michael Reichel (Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences) was recently interviewed for ‘The Juice’ programme on Radio 3 (Hong Kong).

Dr Barbara Padalino recently joined the Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health as Assistant Professor in Animal Behaviour and Welfare.