Professor Gu's daily life in the countryside after his rebirth

In the basic research on the avian influenza virus itself, there is naturally relatively more information from abroad. Fortunately, now that we have the reform and opening up, all kinds of channels for obtaining information have become unobstructed. After contacting and connecting with Li Ruguang, Gu Zhan obtained a lot of information from Li Ruguang.

These materials gave Gu Zhan a lot of inspiration.

Next comes in-depth research.

In Li Ruguang's office at Beijing Agricultural University, Wen Chunming was called over by Li Ruguang in the middle of the night.

"You couldn't sleep late at night, so you're tormenting me here, right?"

Wen Chunming got dressed overnight and rushed to school. When he found that he and Li Ruguang were the only ones in the building, he felt indescribable.

Li Ruguang said unhappily, "It's something important."

Li Ruguang said that there was something important. Wen Chunminghe put away his joking thoughts and sat up straight, waiting for Li Ruguang to speak.

"Chunming, Gu Zhan called me after get off work today and told me something."

"What's the matter?" Wen Chunming asked subconsciously.

It must be no small matter, otherwise Li Ruguang would not have called me to school in the middle of the night.

"There's been an outbreak of avian influenza in Ontario recently, and they say a lot of white-feathered chickens have been lost. He gave me a few sets of data and said more detailed information has been sent out and should arrive in a few days."

After saying that, he handed Wen Chunming the paper with several sets of key data that Gu Zhan had said on the phone.

When Wen Chunming looked at the results, he found that they were actually several sets of survival indicator data of white-feathered chickens infected with avian influenza.

This data is enough to make one's scalp tingle.

"What do you think?" Li Ruguang said.

Wen Chunming reviewed the data again and again, and after confirming that he was correct, he slowly averted his gaze from the paper. "Jingyu No. 1 still lacks resistance to avian influenza viruses, and is inferior to existing white-feathered chicken breeds internationally."

In fact, during the breeding process, the disease resistance indicator was very good in the great-grandparent generation of chickens, but in the commercial chicken generation, the disease resistance was weakened. This is a fatal flaw of "Jingyu No. 1" and has become the most troublesome problem at present.

Li Ruguang nodded. "Yes, only data that has stood the test of time is convincing. I don't mean anything else by this. I just think our improvement plan must be carried out. We absolutely cannot let the farmers bear the losses because of our problems."

"You're right." Wen Chunming changed his previous joking expression and said seriously.

In fact, it was not Li Ruguang's fault. The research and development and breeding team of white-feather chickens encountered problems in the promotion of white-feather chickens. The team persisted until the promotion of white-feather chickens began in Ontario, but the chickens were already dead in name only.

If we continue to make improvements now, we must gather all the original staff together.

"Early tomorrow morning, I will present my views to the dean and reorganize the team to continue researching white-feathered chickens."

"okay."

Wen Chunming agreed in a cheerful tone. He couldn't wait to make a big move. The future of the white-feathered chicken breed was definitely not what it is now.

It was already late at night when Wen Chunming left.

The call from Gu Zhan today made Li Ruguang lose the mood to sleep.

He sat on the sofa and pondered for a long time, but still felt that the current white-feather chicken project could not be abandoned. He must persist in it. Only in this way could he see results.

After figuring this out, he began to write a plan.

At dawn the next day, Li Ruguang knocked on the door of Dean Zhu Guangming's office with the written plan.

"Hey, Lao Li, are you busy so early in the morning?"

Li Ruguang waved his hand: "I have to keep busy. Look, now there is another big problem."

"What's the big deal?"

"There's a problem in Ontario. Yesterday, I received news that poultry farmers there have been hit by avian influenza. Tens of thousands of poultry have been culled, and our white-feathered chickens account for over half. Oh, I'm so heartbroken!"

When Zhu Guangming heard this, he couldn't help but frown: "How could this happen?"

"There's nothing we can do about highly pathogenic avian influenza, and our white-feathered chickens aren't very disease-resistant."

Li Ruguang said this to himself and also to Zhu Guangming.

Zhu Guangming guessed that Li Ruguang had his own ideas. Thinking of the spirit of the meeting last week, he said, "Then how do you think we should fight?"

"My suggestion is to re-establish a white-feather chicken project research group and continue to improve the 'Jingyu No. 1' white-feather chicken."

Zhu Guangming pondered for a moment and then said readily, "Okay, no problem. Just choose someone carefully, and our academy will do its best to support you."

Li Ruguang was very surprised by Zhu Guangming's words. When did Zhu Guangming become so easy to talk to?

Meeting Li Ruguang's inquiring gaze, Zhu Guangming said helplessly, "I went to a meeting last week, and they said they would increase support for agricultural research. The document should be issued soon, and our college shouldn't have such a hard time finding funding."

"I see. I was wondering why you, such a stingy person, suddenly gave in."

Zhu Guangming did not take Li Ruguang's teasing to heart. He was very happy now. Finally, agricultural research had ushered in its own spring.

Ontario's breeding industry has suffered considerable losses after this round of avian influenza vaccine attacks, especially now that companies or large individual breeders do not have sufficient funds, and many people have to borrow money to open farms.

After this incident, some people suffered heavy losses and lost everything they had.

This made the remaining farmers nervous, and another part of people who wanted to join the breeding industry hesitated and dared not take the plunge.

Tian Yun came to the provincial capital to visit Gu Zhan specifically for this matter.

The two of them made an appointment at a restaurant. As soon as they got off work, Gu Zhan and Liu Xiaoxi said goodbye and went to the appointment.

Tian Yun came alone and sat by the window. While Gu Zhan was still there, he reorganized some of the information he had obtained during the investigation. This way, it might be better to get straight to the point when the time comes.

Gu Zhan saw Tian Yun the moment he entered the room. It was dinner time, so to avoid causing any disturbance, Gu Zhan approached before greeting Tian Yun: "Secretary, you are here."

"Well, come on, sit down."

Tian Yun hurriedly put away the notebook on the table and asked Gu Zhan to sit down.

In a few minutes, the dishes were served, and the two chatted about the recent situation in Xia County.

"Can bird flu be solved only by culling it?"

Gu Zhan nodded helplessly: "This is the fastest and most effective way."

"Alas, Xiao Gu, who would dare to raise chickens if things go on like this?"

Gu Zhan smiled bitterly: "Secretary, you also know that the breeding industry is actually a high-risk industry. The extensive breeding industry we used in the past few years is simply not feasible now. It cannot adapt to the current complex situation. It is best to standardize breeding."

"What you said makes sense, but don't we understand this standardized breeding? Can you give us a breeding manual?"

When he heard about this, he felt that it was not a big problem and nodded in agreement: "That's no problem."

"That's great! With this manual, we can distribute it to farmers. At least they can improve the most basic breeding environment. It should be more or less useful."

Gu Zhan remained silent.