Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Experimental Infection and In-Contact Transmission of H9N2 Avian Influenza Virus in Crows by Asha Kumari Verma, Manoj Kumar, Harshad V. Murugkar, Shanmugasundaram Nagarajan, Chakradhar Tosh, Pushpendra Namdeo, Rupal Singh, Suman Mishra, Subbiah Kombiah, Senthilkumar Dhanapal, Vijendra Pal Singh

“…A group of six crows were intranasally inoculated with 10^6.0 EID₅₀ of H9N2 virus (A/chicken/India/07OR17/2021), and 24 h post-inoculation six naïve crows were co-housed with infected crows. Crows were observed for 14 days for any overt signs of illness. …”
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Recurring Trans-Atlantic Incursion of Clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 Viruses by Long Distance Migratory Birds from Northern Europe to Canada in 2022/2023 by Tamiru N. Alkie, Alexander M. P. Byrne, Megan E. B. Jones, Benjamin C. Mollett, Laura Bourque, Oliver Lung, Joe James, Carmencita Yason, Ashley C. Banyard, Daniel Sullivan, Anthony V. Signore, Andrew S. Lang, Meghan Baker, Beverly Dawe, Ian H. Brown, Yohannes Berhane

“…In December 2022 and January 2023, we isolated clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 high-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) viruses from six American crows (<i>Corvus brachyrhynchos</i>) from Prince Edward Island and a red fox (<i>Vulpes vulpes</i>) from Newfoundland, Canada. …”
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