Year Awarded 2025
FFAR award amount $74,133
Total award amount $148,919
Location Davis, CA
Program Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research
Matching Funders Barnwell Bio
Grantee Institution Barnwell Bio
Current H5N1 detection practices rely on animals displaying symptoms and targeted testing of animals suspected of illness. H5N1 can spread quickly and waiting for observable symptoms, individual examinations and testing leads to significant time lags in fighting its spread. Barnwell Bio researchers are developing a waste stream animal health monitoring system to identify the virus in asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic cases.