Domestic canaries (Serinus canaria forma domestica) are susceptible to low pathogenic avian influenza virus infectionsFootnote^*

* The work was carried out at Avian Virology & Immunology, Sciensano, rue Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

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