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sentinel animal
noun
- 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
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The best way to find a virus in the wild, at the present time, is to place a sentinel animal at the suspected location of the virus and hope the animal gets sick.
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