{"id":7762,"date":"2022-08-08T18:52:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T18:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeopet.kloudexpert.com\/unitedkingdom\/?p=7762"},"modified":"2024-09-03T09:23:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T09:23:20","slug":"animals-with-jobs-nose-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeopet.kloudexpert.com\/uk\/animals-with-jobs-nose-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Animals with Jobs – Nose Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Next up in our \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAnimals with Jobs<\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dc series are hounds with some seriously well trained noses. These sleuths\u00c2\u00a0can find just about anything they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re trained to, from drugs and explosives, to specific foods, insects, people trapped by natural disasters, human remains, and even Coronavirus! Detection dogs have traditionally been employed at airports, police stations and borders, but with their sniffing-repertoire growing and growing they can now also be found in museums, medical testing laboratories and even on boats out in the ocean.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Detection dogs have an exceptional sense of smell, with Conservation Canines<\/a> founder, biologist Sam Wasser comparing a trained dog\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ability to detect a specific scent to being able to taste a teaspoon of sugar dissolved in a million gallons of water. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Pretty impressive, right!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Highly motivated by positive reinforcement, the breeds often used for their sniffing prowess include Beagles, Labrador Retrievers and Golden Retrievers. And when we delved a little deeper, we found many fascinating things that dogs help humans to find, through the power of smell.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Medical Detection Dogs<\/a> are trained in the detection and recognition of human disease by odour. The dogs can help to prevent medical emergencies, save human lives and improve quality of life.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Many diseases such as Cancer, Malaria and Parkinson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s disease leave specific traces (or odour signatures) in a person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s body and bodily secretions. Cancer cells, or healthy cells affected by cancer, produce and release these odour signatures and research suggests that dogs can detect many types of cancers in humans, with their extraordinary power of smell.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Depending on the type of cancer, dogs are able to detect these signatures on a person\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s skin, breath, urine, faeces or sweat and alert medical professionals to their presence, often allowing a much earlier detection of the disease that may otherwise have been possible.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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