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HPAI: What are the effects of highly pathogenic avian influenza on canids?
On March 29, 2022, a large-scale die-off of crows in a public park in Sapporo, in northern Japan, caught the attention of scientists, especially since a red fox and a Japanese r...
COVID-19 Screening: Sniffer Dogs Achieve Excellent Results in Real-World Settings
What politician or event organizer hasn’t dreamed of being able to test groups of people in real time? Scientists are publishing their findings on efforts to detect the COVID-19...
On the Trail of the Origin of COVID-19
While the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus) continues to circulate and claim lives around the world, its origin remains unknown. Each scientific community puts forward its...
West Nile virus reported for the first time in Lebanon
The West Nile virus has never been detected in Lebanon. However, the country is located along the migratory route of birds traveling to and from the Middle East. Serological scr...
Avian Influenza: Proactive Surveillance Under the “One Health” Framework
The recent avian influenza outbreak that ravaged India in late 2020 and early 2021 was marked by high infection and mortality rates among wild birds. Every affected region of th...
Stray animals are also at risk from COVID-19
While many studies have focused on exposure to SARS-CoV-2 among pets and farm animals, the risk to stray animals has been much less thoroughly assessed. However, researchers hav...