 By increasing the ability of farmers to test in the field, Alveo hopes farmers will be able to more quickly identify and isolate infected birds, which could help slow the rate of infection in the countryside. CEO Holt also highlighted the cost savings of this new method, which is about $100 per test, compared to the current PCR method, which incurs the costs for sampling, testing, and shipping. As USDA is now paying for tests of suspected H5N1 outbreaks, he notes that this new tool could save taxpayers some money.