Fresh off his PhD work studying the networks of between-herd dairy cow movements in Ontario, Reilly is now working as a Post-Doc to apply these methods to assess the ‘what if’ scenarios associated with the introduction of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza into Ontario through imported dairy cattle. This involves a descriptive analysis of dairy cow imports from the United States to better understand where targetted surveillance may be more effective and efficient in Ontario. Future work will include mathematical modelling of within-herd transmission of H5N1 to assess the risk of spillover between dairy cattle and farm workers.

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