Genetic dissection of behavioral traits related to successful training of drug detection dogs [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Drug detection dogs play integral roles in society. However, the interplay between their behaviors and genetic characteristics underlying their performance remains uninvestigated.
Yuki Matsumoto +3 more
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Analysis and Comparison of Gut Microbiome in Young Detection Dogs [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 The detection dogs are well-known for their excellent capabilities to sense different kinds of smells, which can play an important role in completing various searching and rescuing missions.
Zongjie Li +11 more
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Differences in the Search Behavior of Cancer Detection Dogs Trained to Have Either a Sit or Stand-Stare Final Response [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 Recent literature has demonstrated that dogs have the potential to detect, and communicate the presence of, various human diseases. However, there is a lack of investigation into whether commonplace training differences within the field could influence a
Jennifer L. Essler +5 more
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Automatic detection of emotions in dogs
, 2021 Marie-Claire Pagano, Automatic detection of emotions in dogs Winner – Newcastle University VYT local competition (2021)
Marie-Claire Pagano (11403834)
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An exploratory study of associations between judgement bias, demographic and behavioural characteristics, and detection task performance in medical detection dogs. [PDF]
PLoS ONEMedical detection dogs search for diseases from remote samples (biodetection) and assist patients with chronic conditions (medical alert assistance). There is scarce information on how dogs' decision-making tendencies relate to task performance.
Sharyn Bistre Dabbah +3 more
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You Are Not My Handler! Impact of Changing Handlers on Dogs’ Behaviours and Detection Performance [PDF]
Animals, 2018 Dog-handler relationships can directly impact team success. Changing a dog’s handler may therefore compromise detection performance. However, there are currently few studies which support this. This research explored the performance and behavioural
La Toya J. Jamieson +2 more
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Characterization of the nasal and oral microbiota of detection dogs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Little is known about physiological factors that affect the sense of olfaction in dogs. The objectives of this study were to describe the canine nasal and oral microbiota in detection dogs.
Anitha Isaiah +5 more
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How quoll-ified are northern and spotted-tailed quoll detection dogs?
, 2021 Context: Wildlife detection dogs have been used globally in environmental monitoring. However, their effectiveness in the Australian context has been only minimally researched.
Hancock, Amanda L. +7 more
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The fecal microbiome in dogs with acute diarrhea and idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease. [PDF]
, 2012 Recent molecular studies have revealed a highly complex bacterial assembly in the canine intestinal tract. There is mounting evidence that microbes play an important role in the pathogenesis of acute and chronic enteropathies of dogs, including ...
Toresson, Linda +54 more
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Can we continue research in splenectomized dogs? Mycoplasma haemocanis: Old problem - New insight [PDF]
, 2004 We report the appearance of a Mycoplasma haemocanis infection in laboratory dogs, which has been reported previously, yet, never before in Europe. Outbreak of the disease was triggered by a splenectomy intended to prepare the dogs for a hemorrhagic shock
Muenzing, S. +11 more
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