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Environmental sampling finds more poultry viruses than bird swabs in live markets

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have found that viruses circulating in live poultry markets can be detected more effectively by sampling the surrounding environment than by testing individual ...
EurekAlert!

Duke-NUS scientists identify more effective way to detect poultry viruses in live markets

SINGAPORE, 5 MARCH 2026—Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have found that viruses circulating in live poultry markets can be detected more effectively by sampling the surrounding environment than ...
Beef Central

Water troughs could become frontline defence in early disease detection

Water troughs could soon be roped into Australia’s biosecurity surveillance system, with new research showing they can act as ...
technologynetworks

Testing Air and Surfaces May Be More Effective at Detecting Poultry Viruses

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have found that viruses circulating in live poultry markets can be detected more effectively by sampling the surrounding environment than by testing individual ...
Animal Welfare Institute

Marin, N., Moragon, A., Gil, D. et al. 2023. Acclimation and blood sampling: Effects on stress markers in C57Bl/6J mice. Animals 13(18), 2816.

Blood sampling in rodents is common practice in scientific studies. Some of the refined methods widely used are the puncture of the saphenous vein or tail vein, or even tail docking. The handling ...
Cyprus Mail

Farmers protest in Yeri as FMD crisis deepens over animal sampling

A group of livestock farmers gathered on Wednesday outside a livestock unitin Yeri to protest the planned collection of animal samples by the veterinary services, amid rising tensions over containment ...