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

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

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

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 

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

Dr Parntep Raanakorn, Head of the Monitoring and Surveillance Center for Zoonotic Diseases in Wildlife and Exotic Animals (MoZWE) uses a slide show to explain how the Center works. 

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

The entrance to BSL3 lab at Mahidol University. 

A university staff member demonstrates the use of the PCR machine (polymerase chain reaction machine or thermal cycler) in the lab. 

A bird is dissected in the necropsy unit at Mahidol University. 

A researcher at Mahidol University demonstrating lab workflow in the necropsy unit. 

A university staff member prepares samples to be tested at BSL3 lab at Mahidol University. 

Workshop participants survey the results of the cannon netting demonstration. 

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. 

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

Conference participants examine equipment that is used in cannon netting. 

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

Conference participants sighting a bird in the distance. 

Dr Scott Newman briefing conference participants.