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Trained ferrets can smell avian flu in duck poo!

05.26.21 | PLOS

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Article Title: Biodetection of a specific odor signature in mallard feces associated with infection by low pathogenic avian influenza A virus

Funding: This research was supported by the intramural research program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center and cooperative agreement #16-7422-1255-CA. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0251841

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10.1371/journal.pone.0251841

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PLOS. (2021, May 26). Trained ferrets can smell avian flu in duck poo!. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/86ZGNVM8/trained-ferrets-can-smell-avian-flu-in-duck-poo.html
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"Trained ferrets can smell avian flu in duck poo!." Brightsurf News, May. 26 2021, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/86ZGNVM8/trained-ferrets-can-smell-avian-flu-in-duck-poo.html.