an animal that is placed in a given environment and then monitored to find out if an infectious disease or other harmful agent is present in that environment
Examples of 'sentinel animal' in a sentence
sentinel animal
Similarly, animal health professionals routinely track disease events in sentinel animal colonies and sentinel herds.
Peter Rabinowitz, MD, MPH, Matthew Scotch, PhD, MPH, Lisa Conti, DVM, MPH 2009, 'Human and animal sentinels for shared health risks', Veterinaria Italianahttp://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2009/45_1/23.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These findings suggest the capybara may be seen as sentinel animal.
Celso Eduardo de Souza, Savina Silvana Lacerra de Souza, Virgília Luna Castor Lima,Simone Berger Calic, Maria Cecilia Gibrail Oliveira Camargo, Elisa San Martin MourizSavani, Sandra Regina Nicoletti D'Auria, Arício Xavier Linhares, Natalino Hajime Yoshinari 2008, 'Serological identification of Rickettsia spp from the spotted fever group in capybarasin the region of Campinas - SP - Brazil Identificação sorológica de Rickettsia sppdo grupo da febre maculosa em capivaras na região de Campinas, SP, Brasil', Ciência Ruralhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782008000600031. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)