Poultry drinking water used for avian influenza surveillance

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Sep;13(9):1380-2. doi: 10.3201/eid1309.070517.

Abstract

Samples of drinking water from poultry cages, which can be collected conveniently and noninvasively, provide higher rates of influenza (H9N2) virus isolation than do samples of fecal droppings. Studies to confirm the usefulness of poultry drinking water for detecting influenza (H5N1) should be conducted in disease-endemic areas.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drinking*
  • Feces / virology
  • Galliformes / virology
  • Influenza A Virus, H9N2 Subtype / isolation & purification
  • Influenza in Birds / epidemiology*
  • Influenza in Birds / virology*
  • Population Surveillance / methods
  • Poultry / virology*
  • Water Microbiology*