In the wake of the recent notifications of Bird Flu in the UK, David Harris from the Animal and Plant Health Agency updates his blog on how his team handle exotic diseases.
Foot and Mouth, Bird 'Flu and now Ebola. David Harris and his team of civil servants stand at the forefront of stopping these diseases spreading in the UK.
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