Canine olfaction: physiology, behavior, and possibilities for practical applications

A Kokocińska-Kusiak, M Woszczyło, M Zybala… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Dogs have an extraordinary olfactory capability, which far exceeds that of
humans. Dogs' sense of smell seems to be the main sense, allowing them to not only gather …

Canine olfactory detection and its relevance to medical detection

P Jendrny, F Twele, S Meller, ADME Osterhaus… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
The extraordinary olfactory sense of canines combined with the possibility to learn by
operant conditioning enables dogs for their use in medical detection in a wide range of …

Harnessing insect olfactory neural circuits for detecting and discriminating human cancers

A Farnum, M Parnas, EH Apu, E Cox, N Lefevre… - Biosensors and …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is overwhelming evidence that presence of cancer alters cellular metabolic
processes, and these changes are manifested in emitted volatile organic compound (VOC) …

Sniffer dogs as a screening/diagnostic tool for COVID-19: a proof of concept study

E Eskandari, M Ahmadi Marzaleh, H Roudgari… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Background Sniffer dogs are able to detect certain chemical particles and are suggest to be
capable of helping diagnose some medical conditions and complications, such as colorectal …

Dogs demonstrate the existence of an epileptic seizure odour in humans

A Catala, M Grandgeorge, JL Schaff, H Cousillas… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Although different studies have shown that diseases such as breast or lung cancer are
associated with specific bodily odours, no study has yet tested the possibility that epileptic …

Hypoglycaemia detection and prediction techniques: A systematic review on the latest developments

O Diouri, M Cigler, M Vettoretti… - Diabetes/Metabolism …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The main objective of diabetes control is to correct hyperglycaemia while avoiding
hypoglycaemia, especially in insulin‐treated patients. Fear of hypoglycaemia is a hurdle to …

Wearable physiological systems and technologies for metabolic monitoring

W Gao, GA Brooks, DC Klonoff - Journal of applied …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Wearable sensors allow continuous monitoring of metabolites for diabetes, sports medicine,
exercise science, and physiology research. These sensors can continuously detect target …

The impact of service dogs on children, youth and their families: A systematic review

S Lindsay, K Thiyagarajah - Disability and Health Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Having a service dog can help to increase independence and well-being
among people with a disability or a chronic health condition. Although there has been an …

How effective are trained dogs at alerting their owners to changes in blood glycaemic levels?: Variations in performance of glycaemia alert dogs

NJ Rooney, CM Guest, LCM Swanson, SV Morant - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Aims Domestic dogs are trained to a wide variety of roles including an increasing number of
medical assistance tasks. Glycaemia alert dogs are reported to greatly improve the quality of …

Canine olfaction as a disease detection technology: A systematic review

AE Juge, MF Foster, CL Daigle - Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Capitalizing on canine olfactory capacity is a promising strategy for detecting and
diagnosing human, animal, and plant diseases. The purpose of this review was to assess …