Mission and Vision
Through collaboration the STAR IDAZ community can speed up the delivery of disease control tools and strategies.
STAR IDAZ Scope
The scope of STAR IDAZ includes co-ordination of research relevant to emerging and major infectious diseases of livestock and aquatic animals, and those infections of animals that may carry the risk of disease threat to human health.
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News
United States
Priority Topic News
Biting flies on dairy farms can spread bovine mastitis
Bovine mastitis is a disease which causes inflammation of the mammary glands, resulting in abnormal or reduced milk production in cattle. It can be fatal if left untreated. Bovine mastitis can be caused by pathogenic bacteria, and other microbes, though the exact mechanism of transmission…
JordanPriority Topic News
Kissing and petting young camels found to be key transmitter of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Like SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV is a respiratory virus which can infect both humans and animals. Whilst infection with MERS-CoV in camels is mild, usually causing minor cold or flu-like symptoms, it can be fatal in humans. This study helped identify high-risk zoonotic transmission pathways of MERS-CoV…
Events
Global
FAO Global Conference on Animal Health Innovation, Reference Centres and Vaccines
September 23rd - 25th, 2024
FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
Vietnam
International Veterinary Vaccinology Network Conference 2024
November 9th - 10th, 2024
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
United States
2024 NAPRRS/NC229: International Conference of Swine Viral Diseases
December 8th - 9th, 2024
Chicago, USA
Austria
14th International Veterinary Immunology Symposium (IVIS) 2025
August 11th - 14th, 2025
Vienna, Austria
United States
International Avian Influenza and One Health Emerging Issues Summit
September 30th, 2024 - October 3rd, 2024
Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
United States
CUGH 2025 (Consortium of Universities for Global Health)
February 20th - 23rd, 2025
Atalanta, Georgia
Europe 
United Kingdom
6th International Conference of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology (6th ECVM)
September 5th - 7th, 2024
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Germany
10th Symposium on Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and the Environment (ARAE)
June 30th, 2025 - July 2nd, 2025
Berlin, Germany
Malaysia
3rd Conference of the World Society for Virology (WSV)
May 6th - 8th, 2025
Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia