Coronaviruses
A cause of important diseases in livestock, poultry, companion animals, and humans.
STAR IDAZ Approach
Coronaviruses cause a number of important diseases in livestock, poultry, companion animals and humans, including infectious bronchitis (poultry), transmissible gastroenteritis virus (pigs), calf diarrhoea, enteritis (turkeys) and porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED). The emergence of zoonotic coronaviruses causing MERS, SARS and COVID-19 has increased interest in this group of viruses and their ability to jump species.
On June 2020, STAR-IDAZ IRC with the Collaborative Working Group on Animal Health and Welfare Research (CWG-AHW) organised the online webinar, ‘Pandemic: a one health view of emerging infectious diseases’. STAR-IDAZ IRC is currently conducting gap analyses and developing research roadmaps focusing on diagnostic development, vaccine development and disease control strategies.
Working group
UK-ICN
During the COVID-19 pandemic, STAR-IDAZ partners (BBSRC and DEFRA) promptly opened a call for a Coronavirus International Network (ICN) to support global coordination for the delivery of collaborative, long-term One Health research investigations. The UK-ICN network partnered with STAR-IDAZ IRC for the organisation of international workshops to identify research gaps for coronavirus research. A first workshop to discuss research gaps was organised in Belfast in May 2023. Further activities to develop research roadmaps are envisaged for September/October 2024.
Key People
Louise Cosby,
Queen's University Belfast United Kingdom
Dalan Bailey,
The Pirbright Institute United Kingdom
Zoltan Penses,
Ceva Santé Animal Hungary
Margaret Hosie,
University of Glasgow United Kingdom
Sharon Brookes,
Animal and Plant Health Agency United Kingdom
Alan Radford,
University of Liverpool United Kingdom
Rachel Tarlington,
University of Nottingham United Kingdom
Richard Delahay,
University of Exeter United Kingdom
Wim van Der Poel,
Wageningen University & Research Netherlands
Linfa Wang,
Duke NUS Medical School Singapore
Alessio Lorusso,
IZSAM Italy
Karl Stahl,
Swedish Veterinary Agency Sweden
Elma Tchillian,
The Pirbright Institute United Kingdom
Reports
Reports and outcomes from meetings and workshops
Research roadmaps
Gap analysis summary
A gap analysis report of the workshop held in Belfast in 2023 is available online. The workshop discussed results from an online survey circulated among approximately 60 experts in 21 countries. Results were used to draft research roadmaps that will be further discussed in forthcoming international workshops. We look forward to the valuable contributions and insights that will emerge from these discussions, driving STAR-IDAZ closer to advancing research for effective strategies and solutions in the fight against coronaviruses.
Projects
Displaying 4 of 11 projects
Differential susceptibility of SARS-CoV-2 in animals : Evidence of ACE2 host receptor distribution in companion animals, livestock and wildlife by immunohistochemical characterisation
Planned Completion date 26/07/2021
Netherlands
Veterinary Biocontained facility Network for excellence in animal infectiology research and experimentation
Planned Completion date 28/02/2023
Europe
MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS AND ADAPTATION OF SARS-COV-2 IN WHITE-TAILED DEER AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SPILLOVER TO CATTLE AND PIGS
Planned Completion date 14/06/2026
United Kingdom
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AUTOMATED METHODS TO DETECT CHANGES IN PATTERNS OF DIAGNOSTIC TEST RESULTS AT THE ISU VDL
Planned Completion date 19/02/2021
United Kingdom
Recent publications
Reports and outcomes from meetings and workshops
Bovine coronavirus and the associated diseases
… of pets and livestock with human-associated coronavirus diseases, SARS, MERS, and COVID-19, and evidence of the fomite potential of pets and livestock
Replicative capacity of MERS coronavirus in livestock cell lines
Susceptibility of livestock and companion animals to COVID‐19