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Dogs Can Be Trained To Detect 90% Covid Cases, Even Asymptomatic: Study Dogs Can Be Trained To Detect 90% Covid Cases, Even Asymptomatic: Study Dogs can be trained to detect more than 90 percent of Covid-19 infections even when patients are asymptomatic, according to research published Monday, which authors hope could help replace the need to quarantine new arrivals.
Dogs can be trained to detect Covid-19 infections, a study said. (Representational)
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Dogs can be trained to detect more than 90 percent of Covid-19 infections even when patients are asymptomatic, according to research published Monday, which authors hope could help replace the need to quarantine new arrivals.
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According to research published Monday, dogs can be trained to detect more than 90% of Covid-19 infections even when patients are asymptomatic, which the researchers hope would eliminate the need to quarantine new arrivals.
Dogs have also shown that their remarkable sense of smell, which can detect the equivalent of half a teaspoon of sugar in an Olympic-sized swimming pool, can detect diseases such as cancer, malaria, and epilepsy.
In previous research, dogs were shown to be able to detect SARS-CoV-2.
The London School of Tropical Medicine wanted to see whether dogs could detect a distinct odour released by chemical compounds linked to people who are Covid positive but do not show symptoms.
Study shows dogs can detect Covid-positive arrivals
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PARIS, May 24, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Dogs can be trained to detect more than 90 percent of Covid-19 infections even when patients are asymptomatic, according to research published Monday, which authors hope could help replace the need to quarantine new arrivals.
Using their remarkable sense of smell which can pick up the equivalent of half a teaspoon of sugar in an olympic-sized swimming pool dogs have already shown that they can sniff out maladies such as cancer, malaria and epilepsy.
Several previous studies have shown proof-of-concept that dogs can detect SARS-CoV-2.
Researchers from the London School of Tropical Medicine wanted to see if dogs could detect a distinctive odour given off from chemical compounds associated with someone who is Covid positive but doesn’t show symptoms.
Monday, 24 May 2021 07:55 AM MYT
Bobby the K9 retriever dog sniffs sweat samples, in a test to detect the Covid-19 coronavirus through volatile organic compounds, at the Faculty of Veterinary Science in Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok on May 21, 2021. AFP pic
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PARIS, May 24 Dogs can be trained to detect more than 90 per cent of Covid-19 infections even when patients are asymptomatic, according to research published Monday, which authors hope could help replace the need to quarantine new arrivals.
Using their remarkable sense of smell which can pick up the equivalent of half a teaspoon of sugar in an Olympic-sized swimming pool dogs have already shown that they can sniff out maladies such as cancer, malaria and epilepsy.