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Sentinel Animal

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Sentinel Animal
An animal susceptible or sensitive to a particular environmental factor—e.g., a toxin, pathogen, radiation—whose illness or death serves to warn humans of an impending danger


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After each natural infection, sentinel animals seroconverted, and serum scored positive in the cNP-ELISA within 2-4 weeks.
Having an opportunity to observe animals as sentinel animals is not only important to Central Mass.
Murine viruses and pathogenic bacteria confound experiments, so there is an emphasis on specific pathogen-flee rodent sources and an active sentinel animal program.
 
 
 
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