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CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences multimedia
Go behind the scenes of our research in Animal, Food and Health Sciences via our revealing videos and audio interviews.
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30 July 2012 | Updated 21 January 2013
From farm to fork: safer food lasting longerIn this vodcast, we visit CSIRO's Food Processing Centre in Werribee to meet scientists who show us the very latest food processing technologies they work on that can make safe – and better tasting foods than ever before. (9:56)
Beating the world's deadliest viral villainsIn this vodcast, we go inside CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL), the front line of defence in helping to protect Australia from the threat of exotic and emerging animal and human diseases. (5:54)
Large Animal FacilityTake a rare glimpse inside the large animal facility within CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory.
Lab provides rapid response to emergency animal disease outbreaksThe Diagnostic Emergency Response Laboratory (DERL) was officially opened by the Federal Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, on 23 July 2008. Watch as Dr Martyn Jeggo, Director of the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL), takes you on a virtual tour of this new state-of-the-art laboratory. (13:50)
Stopping avian influenza invading chickensProtecting poultry and humans from dangerous strains of avian-influenza (bird flu) may one day be possible through CSIRO research that aims to 'switch on' natural immunity processes and produce flu-resistant chickens. (7:05)
A sheep in sheep's clothing An international research team has provided an unprecedented in-depth view of the genetic history of sheep, one of the world's most important livestock species. (6:32)
Going viral: CSIRO vs ContagionA reference to research undertaken by CSIRO's 'bat pack' team in Hollywood's latest disaster flick Contagion highlights the role CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) would play in a real-world version of the pandemic. (11:12)
CSIRO’s definitive guide to controlling diabetesThe same CSIRO team that produced the revolutionary CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet books has partnered with the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute to produce an evidence-based resource covering every aspect of type 2 diabetes prevention and control. (9:22)
A sick future: the risk of new and emerging diseaseMore than 600 international experts in human, animal and environmental health met in Melbourne recently to discuss disease risks and challenges brought about by the interactions between animals, humans and the environment. (8:37)
The deadly nature of animal-to-human diseaseScientists have identified 75 per cent of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic – meaning they can spread from animals to people. This is likely to increase under environmental intrusion, climate change and progressive urbanisation of the planet. (7:26)
CSIRO steps up fight against Foot and Mouth DiseaseAustralia has been free from Foot and Mouth Disease since 1872, but with recent reports of outbreaks in Japan and South Korea, CSIRO scientists are taking the fight off shore with a new research project in South-East Asia. (4:21)
Hendra virus breakthrough to save livesA new treatment developed to combat the deadly Hendra virus is showing great potential in saving the lives of people who become infected with the virus. (5:20)
A cow jumped over the genomeGroundbreaking findings by an international consortium of scientists who sequenced and analysed the bovine genome, could result in more sustainable food production. (5:34)
Managing diseases borne by batsBats can carry a number of diseases that are transmittable to humans, such as Australian bat lyssavirus, Nipah virus, SARS and potentially even the Ebola virus. Yet the bats carry these viruses with very little, if any ill effects. (6:25)
CSIRO to take the guess work out of breeding sheepDomestic sheep common to farms around Australia have come along way from their wild relatives and ancestors. Over many years of domestication, sheep have been bred for their commercially important traits by selectively breeding through trial and error, something that is about to change thanks to a new genomic tool. (3:29)
New lab provides speedy response to animal disease emergenciesA new 'state of the art' laboratory at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong has the capacity to rapidly diagnose an emergency animal disease outbreak, potentially preventing its spread. In this podcast, the Director of AAHL, Dr Martyn Jeggo, explains how the lab will process more samples, faster. (5:00)
Re-think on how to beat a major poultry diseaseWorking at CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong, Monash University PhD student, Anthony Keyburn, has made a discovery which will change the focus of the worldwide search for a vaccine for the major poultry disease – necrotic enteritis. (3.54)
No threat of disease outbreak from AAHLDr Martyn Jeggo explains the biosecurity and biosafety measures at CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory, the nation’s premier diagnostic laboratory for exotic, new and emerging diseases. (6:54)
Protecting Tasmania’s salmon industryTasmania is renowned for its Atlantic salmon, but the fish are under attack from amoebic gill disease and in this podast Dr Mathew Cook, from CSIRO and the Food Futures Flagship, talks about a new a vaccine designed to boost the productivity of Tasmania’s A$230 million a year Atlantic salmon industry. (4:53)
Australian Native fruits bear sweet antioxidantsA new study has discovered Australian native fruits are exceptional sources of antioxidants. In this four minute podcast, Dr Izabela Konczak explains how native fruits have even more antioxidants than blueberries. (3:41)
New bat virus discovered in humansCSIRO scientists have played a key role in discovering that bats are the likely host of a new virus, and Dr Linfa Wang from CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory discusses, in this seven-minute podcast, the Melaka virus and its effect on humans. (6:55)
Saving the Tassie DevilCSIRO has joined the battle to save Australia’s Tasmanian Devil from the deadly cancer devastating devil populations. In this five-and-a-half-minute podcast Dr Alex Hyatt discusses the challenges ahead. (5:40)
Bats host viruses dangerous to humansDr Linfa Wang from CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory discusses bats and what makes them such an efficient carrier of viruses, in this five-minute podcast. (5:23)
