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Ayato The goal of the research in this laboratory is prevention and control of important infectious diseases of animals and man. For this purpose, the ecology of pathogens is thoroughly studied at the levels of their host animal populations, indivisuals, tissues, cells and molecules. The results hitherto obtained from these studies contribute not only to the fields of veterinary medicine, but also to public health, the ecology of wildlifes and life sciences. Even in autumn when most of the ducks had left for migration to the south, viruses were still isolated from the lake water. Futher studies are being conducted in Siberia where ducks migrating to Southern China, an epicenter of influenza, nest.