Detection dog
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A detection dog is a dog that is trained to and works at using its senses (almost always the sense of smell) to detect substances such as explosives or illegal drugs. Hunting dogs that search for game and search dogs that search for missing humans are generally not considered detection dogs. There is some overlap in cases like cadaver dogs that detect human remains.
Detection dogs have been trained to search for many substances including the following:
- Agricultural produce
- Crime Evidence
- Cancer[1]
- Drugs
- Explosives
- Human remains
- Termites
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Michael McCulloch, Tadeusz Jezierski, Michael Broffman, Alan Hubbard, Kirk Turner, and Teresa Janecki. Diagnostic Accuracy of Canine Scent Detection in Early- and Late-Stage Lung and Breast Cancers. Integrative Cancer Therapies 2006; 5(1), 30-9.
