Detection Dog Survey Detects African Wild Dog Presence and a Shared Marking Site [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAfrican wild dog (Lycaon pictus) populations are difficult to assess effectively and scalable strategies for population monitoring are lacking, often because of low detection rates.
Tim Hofmann +10 more
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Case Study: An Evaluation of Detection Dog Generalization to a Large Quantity of an Unknown Explosive in the Field [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Two explosive detection dogs were deployed to search a suspicious bag, and failed to detect 13 kg of explosive within. The aim of this research was to further evaluate this incident. First, dog teams (N = 7) searched four bags in a similar scenario.
Edgar O. Aviles-Rosa +2 more
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An Automated Canine Line-Up for Detection Dog Research [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Currently, there is a need to develop technology that facilitates and improves detection dog research. The aim of this research was to develop an automated computer-driven olfactory line-up task. The apparatus consisted of three olfactometers.
Edgar O. Aviles-Rosa +3 more
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Diving in Nose First: The Influence of Unfamiliar Search Scale and Environmental Context on the Search Performance of Volunteer Conservation Detection Dog–Handler Teams [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Conservation detection dogs (CDDs) are trained to locate biological material from plants and animals of interest to conservation efforts and are often more effective and economical than other detection methods.
Nicholas J. Rutter +4 more
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An experimental assessment of detection dog ability to locate great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at distance and through soil. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Detection dogs are increasingly used to locate cryptic wildlife species, but their use for amphibians is still rather underexplored. In the present paper we focus on the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus), a European species which is experiencing ...
Nicola Jayne Glover +3 more
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Odour generalisation and detection dog training. [PDF]
Anim CognAbstract Detection dogs are required to search for and alert to specific odours of interest, such as drugs, cadavers, disease markers and explosives. However, the odour released from different samples of the same target substance will vary for a number of reasons, including the production method, evaporation, degradation, or by being mixed ...
Caldicott L +7 more
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Handler beliefs affect scent detection dog outcomes [PDF]
Animal Cognition, 2011 Our aim was to evaluate how human beliefs affect working dog outcomes in an applied environment. We asked whether beliefs of scent detection dog handlers affect team performance and evaluated relative importance of human versus dog influences on handlers’
Lisa Lit +2 more
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Who’s a Good Handler? Important Skills and Personality Profiles of Wildlife Detection Dog Handlers [PDF]
Animals, 2018 Wildlife detection dog teams are employed internationally for environmental surveys, and their success often depends on the dog handler. Minimal research is available on the skills that dog handlers believe are important, and no research has been ...
La Toya J. Jamieson +2 more
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Can the detection dog alert on COVID-19 positive persons by sniffing axillary sweat samples? A proof-of-concept study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 The aim of this proof-of-concept study was to evaluate if trained dogs could discriminate between sweat samples from symptomatic COVID-19 positive individuals (SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive) and those from asymptomatic COVID-19 negative individuals.
Dominique Grandjean +43 more
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Higher free-roaming dog density sustains rabies virus transmission in Haiti [PDF]
Scientific ReportsEliminating dog-to-dog rabies virus transmission, the primary cause of > 70,000 human deaths annually, remains a challenge in over 100 countries due to the difficulty of implementing effective dog vaccination and population management programs.
Andrew J. Beron +3 more
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