Fresh from the field and Live from the Lab - Bat Colonies & poo analysis

Find out what a real live scientist does when out in the field. Many parasites that make people sick can sometimes come from wildlife sharing our cities and make their way to people through the environment or contaminated food. Equally the parasites we carry can be spread to wildlife via environmental contamination. Join Dr Michelle Power as she visits a bat colony to collect poo samples to study diseases that are transmissible between wildlife and people and tests the wildlife poo samples she has collected for her research from the field. Using live and pre-recorded footage we will show the process of collecting samples from field locations and explain about parasite spread and surveillance.