“Tracking Bird Flu One Poop At A time”

Scientists in Boston have begun to train mice to identity the poop of specific ducks that are infected with avian influenza, also known as bird flu. Scientists, as also multitasking in a futuristic way to try to teach the mice, who can then teach dogs in the future how too follow the trail of the avian influenza, that was responsible for many deaths so far in the United States. Although scientists say that the mice are not always 1005 correct, mice are proven from studies to be 90% correct, when choosing the scent of infected poop, versus uninfected poop.

    This information is very useful to biology, and science due to the fact that so many people have died from this avian influenza, and the fact that there is a cure in other organisms to prevent disease from spreading to humans is ground breaking news so that no more deaths will occur, and the disease will be caught before it has spread.

    We care about this information because it lets us know how scientists are evolving their research to help the community, and keep the community, safe, happy, and healthy from fatal diseases of this caliber.

    Source:http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/62540/title/Tracking_bird_flu_one_poop_at_a_time