Training the domestic ferret to discriminate odors associated with wildlife disease

Recent avian influenza infection outbreaks have resulted in global biosecurity and economic concerns. Mallards are asymptomatic for the disease and can potentially spread AI along migratory bird flyways. In a previous study, trained mice correctly discriminated the health status of individual ducks...

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Autores principales:	Glen J. Golden, Maryanne Opiekun, Talia Martin-Taylor, Bruce A. Kimball
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b88df0776c524978bf652060ff9404fc2021-11-11T06:44:23ZTraining the domestic ferret to discriminate odors associated with wildlife disease1932-6203https://doaj.org/article/b88df0776c524978bf652060ff9404fc2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8559940/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Recent avian influenza infection outbreaks have resulted in global biosecurity and economic concerns. Mallards are asymptomatic for the disease and can potentially spread AI along migratory bird flyways. In a previous study, trained mice correctly discriminated the health status of individual ducks on the basis of fecal odors when feces from post-infection periods were paired with feces from pre-infection periods. Chemical analyses indicated that avian influenza infection was associated with a marked increase of acetoin (3-hydroxy-2-butanone) in feces. In the current study, domesticated male ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) were trained to display a specific conditioned response (i.e. active scratch alert) in response to a marked increase of acetoin in a presentation of an acetoin:1-octen-3-ol solution. Ferrets rapidly generalized this learned response to the odor of irradiated feces from avian influenza infected mallards. These results suggest that a trained mammalian biosensor could be employed in an avian influenza surveillance program.Glen J. GoldenMaryanne OpiekunTalia Martin-TaylorBruce A. KimballPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021)
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description	Recent avian influenza infection outbreaks have resulted in global biosecurity and economic concerns. Mallards are asymptomatic for the disease and can potentially spread AI along migratory bird flyways. In a previous study, trained mice correctly discriminated the health status of individual ducks on the basis of fecal odors when feces from post-infection periods were paired with feces from pre-infection periods. Chemical analyses indicated that avian influenza infection was associated with a marked increase of acetoin (3-hydroxy-2-butanone) in feces. In the current study, domesticated male ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) were trained to display a specific conditioned response (i.e. active scratch alert) in response to a marked increase of acetoin in a presentation of an acetoin:1-octen-3-ol solution. Ferrets rapidly generalized this learned response to the odor of irradiated feces from avian influenza infected mallards. These results suggest that a trained mammalian biosensor could be employed in an avian influenza surveillance program.
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author	Glen J. Golden Maryanne Opiekun Talia Martin-Taylor Bruce A. Kimball
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title	Training the domestic ferret to discriminate odors associated with wildlife disease
title_short	Training the domestic ferret to discriminate odors associated with wildlife disease
title_full	Training the domestic ferret to discriminate odors associated with wildlife disease
title_fullStr	Training the domestic ferret to discriminate odors associated with wildlife disease
title_full_unstemmed	Training the domestic ferret to discriminate odors associated with wildlife disease
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Training the domestic ferret to discriminate odors associated with wildlife disease

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