Title: What we know about HPAIV transmission
This seminar will cover our current understanding of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) transmission pathways among poultry hosts and farms. Host factors can also impact susceptibility to infection and disease and are contributing factors to the larger picture of HPAIV ecology in poultry. Also how avian influenza strains differ in transmissibility among poultry species will be discussed.
About the speaker: Dr. Erica Spackman is a Distinguished Senior Research Scientist with the Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Diseases unit at the US National Poultry Research Center, USDA-Agricultural Research Service. Her current research focuses on avian influenza virus and includes research projects on vaccines, diagnostics, virus pathobiology, farm biosecurity, and food safety, all with the ultimate goal of developing practical approaches to preventing, responding to and recovering from avian influenza outbreaks.