Well, there are still the anecdotal reports. It sounds as though the research published in Nature was the result of studying live dogs. In order to have H5N1 antibodies, they had to have been exposed to the virus at some point, and lived to tell about it.
Until someone follows up on the reports of dead dogs and does some testing on them then we won't know. I have a feeling that folks are going to have their hands full with the spread of the virus, and might not have a lot of free time to check out dogs.
We'll see...
Okay, thanks.