Dogs perform a variety of integral roles in our society, engaging in work ranging from
assistance (eg, service dogs, guide dogs) and therapy to detection (eg, search-and-rescue …

Working dogs are prevalent throughout our societies, assisting people in diverse contexts,
from explosives detection and livestock herding, to therapy partners. Our scientific …

Detection dogs are widely considered the most effective and adaptive method for explosives
detection. Increases in emerging sophisticated threats are accelerating the demand for …

Dogs are increasingly used in a wide range of detection tasks including explosives,
narcotics, medical, and wildlife detection. Research on detection dog performance is …

Detecting rare species is important for both threatened species management and invasive
species eradication programs. Conservation scent dogs provide an olfactory survey tool that …

Simple Summary Accounting for the global rise in mental health disorders, sustainable
therapeutic strategies are urgently needed. However, despite the increasing interest in dogs …

The use of detection dogs in conservation studies has expanded across species, conditions
and habitats. However, it is incorrect to assume the potential associated with these surveys …

The spread of SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19, is difficult to control as
some positive individuals, capable of transmitting the disease, can be asymptomatic. Thus, it …

Conservation detection dogs (CDD) use their exceptional olfactory abilities to assist a wide
range of conservation projects through the detection of target specimens or species. CDD …

Detection dogs are commonly trained and tested under conditions in which the handler or
the evaluator knows the true presence or absence of a target odor. Previous research has …