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, “The guidelines discuss recommendations for dogs trained for protection, odor/scent detection, service functions for people with diagnosed disabilities or physical limitations, emotional support, and therapeutic intervention.” For each category, the
diagnostic and histopathologic identification of parasitic infections list useful protocols for parasite detection. A pleasing aspect of those chapters, and of the book in general, is the numerous color photographs, which are useful for parasite
olfactometry, 7–9 electroencephalographic olfactometry, 10 and scent-wheel techniques. 11–14 Hyposmia is of concern in working dogs, particularly detection dogs. Consequences of hyposmia could be catastrophic, especially for dogs trained to detect
COVID-19 INFECTIONS Results of a recent study suggest people with COVID-19 produce a scent that is identifiable by trained detection dogs. The researchers plan further study in hopes they could develop detection dogs that would help protect people at
coursing events, rally trials, coursing ability tests, flyball tournaments, barn hunt trials, scent work tests, and dock diving events. Veterinarians who work in canine sports and rehabilitation medicine say most dogs really are athletes, from the tiny
. Dr. Mitek and Dr. Maureen McMichael, also of the University of Illinois, created a video in March 2017 that describes how veterinarians can administer naloxone—sometimes in serial doses—to reverse opioid overdoses in scent-detection dogs. It also
require special conditions that are not readily available in most commercial labs. 1 , 10 – 12 Due to the development of DNA and RNA sequencing-based microorganism detection methods, it is estimated that 10 30 microbes live on planet earth, of which
tramadol HCl/kg was administered to 6 Beagles (3 male and 3 female) in immediate-release tablets and the plasma concentrations of tramadol and O-desmethyltramadol were determined via HPLC with fluorescence detection. The second study 16 involved similar
I n the companion Currents in One Health article by Ungar et al, 1 JAVMA , January 2024, the concept of using trained dogs for scent detection of disease in humans and animals is introduced. The article describes the use of trained scent dogs to
prompted by the scent of milk or formula. 60,61 Bites from bats found in the United States rarely cause major tissue damage; thus, the victim often does not seek medical care. Although rabies in humans is rare in the United States, bats are the primary