An update on the Avian Influenza outbreak

Our speaker for our February 17 OKC Audubon meeting will be Dr. Leslie Cole who will provide an update on the ongoing global H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza outbreak including information on how the virus is changing species it can infect and current control activities. She gave OKC Audubon a program on the outbreak at our January meeting in 2023.

Dr. Cole received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Oklahoma State University in 1986 and is Board Certified in the American College of Veterinary Preventative Medicine (ACVPM). Her practice experience includes state and Federal regulatory medicine and mixed and small animal private practice and is a member of the Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association, the American Veterinary Medical Association and US Animal Health Association (USAHA).  

Dr. Cole recently retired from USDA APHIS VS as a Veterinary Medical Officer and Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostician (FADD) and the Emergency Coordinator for Arkansas and Oklahoma.  In that position she worked with stakeholders from other government agencies, private practitioners, industry and non-governmental organizations to improve our readiness to respond to incidents and disasters that impact animals and our food supply.

Our meetings are held September through June on the third Monday of each month.  Meetings begin at 7 p.m. Visitors are always welcome.

Meeting Location:

Our meetings are held at the Will Rogers Garden center, located at the intersection of NW 36th Street and I-44. The Oklahoma City Audubon Society is neither a chapter of, nor affiliated with, the National Audubon Society.