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how a dog's olfactory system can allow it to keenly detect odors at levels that match or exceed the detection limits for many analytical instruments. Dogs can be trained to find people, explosives, guns and ammunition, drugs, and agricultural products. In addition, dogs can be trained to help investigate arson or to look for termites and other insect pests. DOGS ARE TRAINED to detect odor signatures of specific compounds rather than the compound itself, author noted. For example, a dog can detect cocaine by sniffing out one of its main degradation products, methyl benzoate. The advantages of using detector dogs is that they can reliably detect odor cues much quicker than an instrument, albeit qualitatively, and they can be used in the field. Special training required for the dogs can take as little as three months, author pointed out, and a trained dog may cost about $10,000--a fraction of the cost of a lab instrument. A dog's proficiency after training is dependent on how well the dog and its handler work together, he added. One of the goals of his work with detector dogs, author concluded, is to help identify as many odor cues related to forensic samples as possible so that dogs can be better trained and dedicated analytical devices can be developed for field use. |
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