A glimpse into Canada's highest containment laboratory for animal health

By Loren Matheson, April Killikelly and Bradley Pickering

This blog post was originally published to Cultivating Science on science.gc.ca.

High consequence pathogens, such as those that cause hemorrhagic fevers or pandemic influenza, have the potential to significantly impact human health, animal health as well as our Canadian economy. The mandate of the CFIA includes work on foreign animal diseases such as these in order to contribute to our country's preparedness and response planning. This work covers all aspects of risk assessment, prediction, prevention, detection as well as restoration and recovery after a potential disease outbreak.

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