Participants registering for the international meeting on avian influenza held in Bangkok. 

Participants registering for the international meeting on avian influenza held in Bangkok. 

Staff demonstrating protective gear to meeting participants. 

Tom Howard wears protective gear in preparation for handling the birds that were captured for the conference participants to examine. 

Workshop participants survey the results of the cannon netting demonstration. 

Conference participants examine equipment that is used in cannon netting. 

A Mahidol University staff member briefs a group of conference participants on the procedures at Mahidol University's BSL3 lab. 

Birds from the wetlands were trapped for the conference participants to examine. 

Dr Scott Newman, of FAO Headquarters, briefs the conference participants on the sampling procedure that they just witnessed. 

Conference participants observe staff at work in the necropsy unit at Mahidol University. 

Conference participants look on and take photos as the blood sample is drawn from a bird. 

Dr Parntep Raanakorn, Head of the Monitoring and Surveillance Center for Zoonotic Diseases in Wildlife and Exotic Animals (MoZWE), welcomes conference participants to the Center and to the Veterinary 

Kridsada Chaichoune of the Mahidol University shows the results of a PCR test (polymerase chain reaction machine or thermal cycler) to conference participants. 

Tom Howard holds a pigeon as conference participants observe how to correctly handle birds. 

Conference participants sighting a bird in the distance. 

Dr Scott Newman briefing conference participants. 

Ruangrat Buddhirongawatr of the Mahidol University uses a video to demonstrate satellite tracking technologies. 

Ruangrat Buddhirongawatr of the Mahidol University shows conference participants the kit that is used to take samples from birds, including swabbing materials and syringes for blood samples. 

Jarunee Siengsanan, of the Mahidol University, explains the process of signing in samples for testing that will later be examined in the labs. 

Dr Scott Newman explainin the technique of cannon netting to conference participants prior to its demonstration.