Trained scent detection dogs screening for those with COVID-19 showed similar or better success rates than standard polymerase chain reaction tests, according to findings from a literature review ...

According to a recent study, dogs trained to detect scent may be able to identify significantly lower concentrations of odour molecules than has previously been documented. A study carried out by the ...

It took about a year for researchers to develop a reliable, at-home self-test for COVID-19 after the virus was identified. Heather Junqueira, the founder of BIO-K9, says a scent-trained dog can be ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Demand for scent detection dogs is on the rise. Conservation Dogs of Hawaii (CDH) is an Oahu nonprofit that launched a biosecurity program this spring. This canine detection ...

A recent study published in Prion investigated whether trained scent-detection dogs could be used for chronic wasting disease (CWD) surveillance. CWD is a fatal transmissible spongiform encephalopathy ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — You’ve probably heard of drug-sniffing dogs but have you heard of dogs that can sniff out electronic data? The New Mexico Department of Justice has been using specially-trained ...

BRISTOL, England — Two specially trained dogs have proven they can detect Parkinson’s disease simply by smelling skin swabs, achieving accuracy rates that rival expensive medical tests. In a rigorous ...