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  • German sniffer dogs show promise at detecting coronavirus

    07/27/2020 9:35:19 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 9 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 07.23.2020 | Richard Connor
    Scientists at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover have found that trained sniffer dogs could be used to detect COVID-19 in human samples with a relatively high rate of accuracy, a study published on Thursday revealed. Eight sniffer dogs from the German Bundeswehr were trained for only a weekto distinguish between the mucus and saliva of patients infected with coronavirus and non-infected individuals. The dogs were then presented with positive and negative samples on a random basis by a machine. The animals were able to positively detect SARS-CoV-2 infected secretions with an 83% success rate, and control secretions at a...