Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Super-sentinel chickens and detection of low-pathogenicity influenza virus.
- Journal:
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Year:
- 2007
- Authors:
- Marcus, Philip I et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology · United States
Abstract
Chicken interferon-alpha administered perorally in drinking water acts on the oropharyngeal mucosal system as an adjuvant that causes chickens to rapidly seroconvert after natural infection by low-pathogenicity Influenza virus. These chickens, termed super sentinels, can serve as sensitive early detectors of clinically inapparent infections.
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