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Dogs trained to detect explosives may perform worse in extreme temperature and humidity, taking longer to identify substances and with lower sensitivity

09.25.24 | PLOS

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Environmental effects on explosive detection threshold of domestic dogs
Canine "Zulu" doing a detection task on an olfactometer, holding his nose in an odor port. Credit: Nathaniel J. Hall, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Dogs trained to detect explosives may perform worse in extreme temperature and humidity, taking longer to identify substances and with lower sensitivity

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306817

Article Title: Environmental effects on explosive detection threshold of domestic dogs

Author Countries: USA

Funding: This research was made possible through funding provided by the DoD Army Research Office under Contract No. W911NF2120124. https://www.arl.army.mil/who-we-are/aro/ . SAK’s work was supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (DGE 2140745). https://www.nsfgrfp.org/ . This funder played no role in the study design, data collection, analysis, preparation or decision to publish this manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0306817

Environmental effects on explosive detection threshold of domestic dogs

25-Sep-2024

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Animals Dogs Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0306817
Article Publication Date
2024-09-25
Article Title
Environmental effects on explosive detection threshold of domestic dogs
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
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How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2024, September 25). Dogs trained to detect explosives may perform worse in extreme temperature and humidity, taking longer to identify substances and with lower sensitivity. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1GR7RGR8/dogs-trained-to-detect-explosives-may-perform-worse-in-extreme-temperature-and-humidity-taking-longer-to-identify-substances-and-with-lower-sensitivity.html
MLA:
"Dogs trained to detect explosives may perform worse in extreme temperature and humidity, taking longer to identify substances and with lower sensitivity." Brightsurf News, Sep. 25 2024, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1GR7RGR8/dogs-trained-to-detect-explosives-may-perform-worse-in-extreme-temperature-and-humidity-taking-longer-to-identify-substances-and-with-lower-sensitivity.html.