The role of ducks in detecting Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in small-scale backyard poultry farms
Steven Xingyu Wu, Christopher Neil Davis, Mark Arnold, Michael J. Tildesley
This study simulates H5N1 spread in mixed-species backyard flocks to show ducks increase outbreak risk and infection burden due to asymptomatic carriage.
PLoS Computational Biology · Jan 9, 2026Peer-reviewedZoology