'Biosensors' on 4 feet detect animals infected with bird flu
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 05:56
in Biology & Nature
Blood hounds, cadaver dogs, and other canines who serve humanity may soon have a new partner - disease detector dogs - thanks to an unusual experiment in which scientists trained mice to identify faeces of ducks infected with bird influenza. Migrating ducks, geese, and other birds can carry and spread flu viruses over wide geographic areas, where the viruses may possibly spread to other species...