Migratory status is not related to the susceptibility to HPAIV H5N1 in an insectivorous passerine species.
Migratory birds have evolved elaborate physiological adaptations to travelling, the implications for their susceptibility to avian influenza are however unknown.Three groups pentair hose of stonechats (Saxicola torquata) from (I) strongly migrating, (II) weakly migrating and (III) non-migrating populations were experimentally infected with HPAIV H5