sentinel chickens

First 2022 Delaware Evidence of West Nile Virus Detected in DNREC’s Sentinel Chickens

West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in Delaware the first time for 2022 in a sentinel chicken, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
  • Division of Fish and Wildlife
  • News
  • DNREC Mosquito Control Section
  • Eastern equine encephalitis
  • health and safety
  • West Nile Virus

sentinel chickens

First 2023 Delaware Evidence of West Nile Virus Detected in DNREC’s Sentinel Chickens

West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in Delaware the first time for 2023 in a sentinel chicken, DNREC announced today.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
  • Division of Fish and Wildlife
  • News
  • DNREC Mosquito Control Section
  • health and safety
  • mosquitoes
  • West Nile Virus

sentinel chickens

Delaware’s First 2024 Evidence of West Nile Virus Detected in DNREC’s Sentinel Chickens

West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in Delaware for the first time for 2024 in sentinel chickens that help the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control monitor the state for mosquito-borne illnesses, DNREC announced today. The initial WNV occurrence was found in eight sentinel chickens sampled July 22 by the DNREC Mosquito Control Section which returned positive test results from the Delaware Division of Public Health Laboratory two days later.



  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
  • Division of Fish and Wildlife
  • Division of Public Health
  • common sense precautions
  • control operations to combat mosquito-borne illness and disease
  • DNREC Mosquito Control Section
  • early detection
  • Eastern equine encephalitis
  • mosquito control field offices
  • sentinel chickens
  • West Nile Virus

sentinel chickens

Comparative analysis of serologic assays for the detection of antibodies to eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus in sentinel chickens