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 conducted gap analyses and developed 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 different international activities to identify research gaps to develop research roadmaps for coronavirus research.
Key People
Louise Cosby,
Queen's University Belfast United Kingdom
Dalan Bailey,
The Pirbright Institute United Kingdom
Zoltan Penzes,
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
Rachael Tarlinton,
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 Tchilian,
The Pirbright Institute United Kingdom
Pastor Alfonso,
CENSA Cuba
Naif Alharbi,
Gulf CDC Saudi Arabia
Hassan Ali Ishag,
ADAFSA United Arab Emirates
Shahan Azeem,
UVAS Pakistan
Nicola Decaro,
University of Bari Italy
Michael Francis,
BioVacc United Kingdom
Bart Haagmans,
Erasmus Netherlands
Anwar M Hashem,
King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia
Daniel Horton,
APHA United Kingdom
Peera Jaru-ampornpan,
Biotec Thailand
Erik Karlson,
Institut Pasteur du Cambodge Cambodia
Markus Keller,
FLI Germany
Abd Elmalik Khalafalla,
ADAFSA United Arab Emirates
Anna Lacasta,
ILRI Kenya
John Dustin Loy,
University of Nebraska United States
Wander Markotter,
University of Pretoria South Africa
Lorraine McElhinney,
APHA United Kingdom
Bradley Pickering,
National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease Canada
José A Quinteros,
Sydney University Australia
Masood Rabbani,
Veterinary University Pakistan Pakistan
Helen Roberts,
Defra United Kingdom
Linda Saif,
The Ohio State University United States
Nazia Thakur,
The Pirbright Institute United Kingdom
Lonneke Vervelde,
Royal GD Animal Health Netherlands
Qiuhong Wang,
Ohio State University United States
Gary Whittaker,
Cornell University United States
James Wood,
University of Cambridge United Kingdom
Shanshan Yang,
Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences China
Reports
Reports and outcomes from meetings and workshops
Research roadmaps and gap analyses
Gap analysis summary
A first gap analysis workshop was held in Belfast in 2023. The workshop discussed results from an online survey circulated among approximately 60 experts in 21 countries. Results were used to draft research roadmaps that were further discussed in three international workshops held in October 2024. Reports and research roadmaps are currently publicly available on STAR IDAZ website.
Projects
Displaying 4 of 39 projects
VIEW ALL PROJECTSIntervention Strategies to Control Endemic and New Emerging and Re-Emerging Viral Diseases of Swine
Planned Completion date 04/10/2026
United States
Pathogenesis of Swine Acute Diarrhea Syndrome Coronavirus
Planned Completion date 31/08/2026
United States
Development of Multiplex Species Agnostic Diagnostics
Planned Completion date 21/07/2027
United States
Ecology of Nipah Virus in Bangladesh
Planned Completion date 31/08/2026
United States
Recent publications
Reports and outcomes from meetings and workshops
Pasteurisation temperatures effectively inactivate influenza A viruses in milk
Evolution, spread and impact of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza A viruses
Simultaneous elimination of antibiotic resistance gene and viruses in liquid manure by plasma/peracetic acid combination system
Detection of antibodies against influenza A viruses in cattle