Defended my master’s thesis today!

My paper was on the epidemiology of suspected theobromine (chocolate) ingestion in UK dogs.

I’m now officially a postgrad! 🎉

Next step is publication and job hunting 😅📝

#mastersdegree #veterinary #epidemiology #RVC

Thank you, yes of course! ☺️

Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England Find out about the latest bird flu situation in England and guidance for bird keepers and the public.

📰 DEFRA avian influenza update on 06 Mar 2025 #IDSky #IDEpi

🐔 Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 confirmed in commercial poultry premises near Thirsk, North Yorkshire.

📊 26 cases of HPAI H5N1 in England in 2025

🔗 Avian influenza: latest situation in England 👇
www.gov.uk/government/n...

I’m feeling similar, I’m graduating MSc Veterinary Epidemiology in September 😅! You’ve got this!

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Happy 1st birthday to my gorgeous dwarf hamster Ahsoka! She was the most beautiful pup 🐹🤍 #adopt #rescue #happybirthday

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Every year at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, us students and lecturers pilgrimage from our uni after lectures are done for Spring term to the John Snow pub where the pump is! Very fun tradition 🍻

Sounds great, thank you for the recommendation!

Hi Helen, yes of course! I’ve added you to the starter pack

Of course! I’ve added you to the starter pack ☺️

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I’m glad to hear! Yes of course, I’ve added you to the starter pack. I’ll keep updating it and hopefully get a big community going ☺️

Yes, I have added you to the starter pack! Evidence based decisions are vital. A quote from a paper I recently read said “Today’s research will be the basis for tomorrow’s decisions”. That really resonates with zoonotic disease research.

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Thank you for the reading recommendations! Yes zoonotic disease is extremely important, especially more now than ever as human and wildlife interactions are increasing daily due to habitat loss and climate change.

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Of course! ☺️

Starter packs are such a great feature of this platform. The first half of my career and grad school were in zoonotic disease research and vet med. Now I work in health informatics but still love to read about vet med!

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For anyone new! I have a starter pack for all things veterinary epidemiology, zoonotic disease, and vet public health 🐑🐓🐄🐖

Let me know if you want to be added ☺️

#EpiSky #VetMedSky #IDSky #Veterinary #Epidemiology #publichealth

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I have reached 100 followers 🎉 Thanks everyone, it’s been a great couple of weeks since joining 🦋. Looking forward to further building and contributing to the scientific community on BlueSky ☺️

Bird flu infections more widespread among US dairy workers than thought – study Rate of dairy workers with antibodies to bird flu significantly higher than known cases of virus

H5N1 bird flu has spread to dairy cows in 15 states:
CA, CO, ID, IA, KS, MI, MN, NC, NM, OH, OK, SD, TX, UT & WY

People are being advised NOT to drink raw milk because pasteurization kills the virus in milk (& eggs)

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/11/us-bird-flu-dairy-workers

Chuffed to share our latest #EFSA report, investigating the impact of wild boar density on #ASF spread by calibrating a spatially-explicit mechanistic transmission model to high-resolution surveillance data in northern Italy 🕵️🐗🦠🧮🗺️📈
@timvergne.bsky.social @borizook.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yb5s9n6a

I’ve got a few assignments/exams in the run up to Christmas for my Master’s degree, but I’ll go through the book during the holiday and get back to you!

Thank you for the recommendation, it looks exactly the sort of resource I was looking for! I’ll have a look through it now ☺️

Avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in dairy cattle: origin, evolution, and cross-species transmission | mBio Influenza viruses are classified into four genera, namely Alphainfluenzavirus (influenza A virus [IAV]), Betainfluenzavirus (influenza B virus [IBV]), Gammainfluenzavirus (influenza C virus [ICV]) and...

1/ 📄 Avian influenza A (H5N1) virus in dairy cattle: origin, evolution & cross-species transmission | Minireview in mBio

🧪 Discusses epidemiology, evolution, pathogenesis & potential impact of HPAIV H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b in dairy cattle in the United States. #IDsky #EpiSky

doi.org/10.1128/mbio...

Decoding H5 Influenza: How Deep Mutational Scanning Advances Pandemic Preparedness ALT: an image of a small bird in a tree, with what appears to be a contrasted microscopy image of influenza to its right

🧪 🛟 H5N1 on the radar: New research maps how mutations in the H5 hemagglutinin protein could impact transmission, stability, and immune escape—key insights for pandemic preparedness. Our Summary: https://buff.ly/4fRbT5w #H5N1 #Influenza #PublicHealth #MedSky #IDSky #EpiSky

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Wolf-kissed 🐺 #vpsupport #vprepost #VPBlueMonday #virtualphotography #acvalhalla