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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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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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Ecology and Evolution, 2022 There is growing evidence that prey perceive the risk of predation and alter their behavior in response, resulting in changes in spatial distribution and potential fitness consequences.
Kara M. MacAulay +4 more
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Real-Time Detection of a Virus Using Detection Dogs [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2016 Viral infections are ubiquitous in humans, animals, and plants. Real-time methods to identify viral infections are limited and do not exist for use in harsh or resource-constrained environments. Previous research identified that tissues produce unique volatile organic compounds (VOC) and demonstrated that VOC concentrations change during pathologic ...
Angle, T. Craig +6 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018 Currently, demand for US-bred and born detector dogs exceeds available supply, while reliance on foreign-bred sources introduces many unnecessary and unwanted risks. With proper management of a domestic supply line, U.S.
Eldin A. Leighton +6 more
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Animals, 2021 The red imported fire ant (RIFA, Solenopsis invicta) is an exotic aggressive pest that is notorious for its ability to seriously harm humans and animals, cause economic loss to agriculture, and damage ecosystems.
Wei-Lien Chi +7 more
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Canine Olfactory Thresholds to Amyl Acetate in a Biomedical Detection Scenario
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Dogs' abilities to respond to concentrations of odorant molecules are generally deemed superior to electronic sensors. This sensitivity has been used traditionally in many areas; but is a more recent innovation within the medical field.
Astrid R. Concha +8 more
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Namibian Journal of Environment, 2021 The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), like many other terrestrial large carnivores, exhibits elusive behaviour, occurs in low numbers over large home ranges, and has experienced population decline and range contraction.
T Hofmann, L Marker, H Hondong
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Accuracy of the detection dog as compared to human surveyors.
, 2023 Accuracy of the detection dog as compared to human surveyors.
Blair E. Witherington (11755007) +2 more
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Handler beliefs affect scent detection dog outcomes [PDF]
, 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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