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Animal sentinel system
Animal sentinel system is the collective term for methods to monitor environmental pollutions using animal conditions. The animal species used for this purpose is called the sentinel species.
Canary is a famous sentinel species used to detect gas in coral mines [image from Reference 2].
Definitions in the literature
- Animal sentinel system is defined as an animal population representing a biological indicator of environmental exposure occurred and a model for epidemiological studies of human disease [1].
