Canine Olfaction: Physiology, Behavior, and Possibilities for Practical Applications
Olfaction in dogs is crucial for gathering important information about the environment, recognizing individuals, making decisions, and learning. It is far more specialized and sensitive than humans’ sense of smell. Using the strength of dogs’ sense of smell, humans work with dogs for the recognition...
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doaj-e00722f5ffe24ea0b2e7b50a2a37525c2021-08-26T13:27:43ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152021-08-01112463246310.3390/ani11082463Canine Olfaction: Physiology, Behavior, and Possibilities for Practical ApplicationsAgata Kokocińska-Kusiak0Martyna Woszczyło1Mikołaj Zybala2Julia Maciocha3Katarzyna Barłowska4Michał Dzięcioł5Institute of Animal Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, ul. Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warszawa, PolandDepartment of Reproduction and Clinic of Farm Animals, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Plac Grunwaldzki 49, 50-366 Wrocław, PolandInstitute of Biological Sciences, Doctoral School, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, ul. Konarskiego 2, 08-110 Siedlce, PolandInstitute of Animal Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, ul. Ciszewskiego 8, 02-786 Warszawa, PolandDepartment of Biotechnology and Nutrigenomics, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Jastrzębiec, 05-552 Magdalenka, PolandDepartment of Reproduction and Clinic of Farm Animals, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Plac Grunwaldzki 49, 50-366 Wrocław, PolandOlfaction in dogs is crucial for gathering important information about the environment, recognizing individuals, making decisions, and learning. It is far more specialized and sensitive than humans’ sense of smell. Using the strength of dogs’ sense of smell, humans work with dogs for the recognition of different odors, with a precision far exceeding the analytical capabilities of most modern instruments. Due to their extremely sensitive sense of smell, dogs could be used as modern, super-sensitive mobile area scanners, detecting specific chemical signals in real time in various environments outside the laboratory, and then tracking the odor of dynamic targets to their source, also in crowded places. Recent studies show that dogs can detect not only specific scents of drugs or explosives, but also changes in emotions as well as in human cell metabolism during various illnesses, including COVID-19 infection. Here, we provide an overview of canine olfaction, discussing aspects connected with anatomy, physiology, behavioral aspects of sniffing, and factors influencing the olfactory abilities of the domestic dog (<i>Canis familiaris</i>).https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/8/2463dogsolfactionbehaviorchemical communicationdisease detectionCOVID-19 |
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Agata Kokocińska-Kusiak Martyna Woszczyło Mikołaj Zybala Julia Maciocha Katarzyna Barłowska Michał Dzięcioł Canine Olfaction: Physiology, Behavior, and Possibilities for Practical Applications Animals dogs olfaction behavior chemical communication disease detection COVID-19 |
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Canine Olfaction: Physiology, Behavior, and Possibilities for Practical Applications |
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Canine Olfaction: Physiology, Behavior, and Possibilities for Practical Applications |
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Olfaction in dogs is crucial for gathering important information about the environment, recognizing individuals, making decisions, and learning. It is far more specialized and sensitive than humans’ sense of smell. Using the strength of dogs’ sense of smell, humans work with dogs for the recognition of different odors, with a precision far exceeding the analytical capabilities of most modern instruments. Due to their extremely sensitive sense of smell, dogs could be used as modern, super-sensitive mobile area scanners, detecting specific chemical signals in real time in various environments outside the laboratory, and then tracking the odor of dynamic targets to their source, also in crowded places. Recent studies show that dogs can detect not only specific scents of drugs or explosives, but also changes in emotions as well as in human cell metabolism during various illnesses, including COVID-19 infection. Here, we provide an overview of canine olfaction, discussing aspects connected with anatomy, physiology, behavioral aspects of sniffing, and factors influencing the olfactory abilities of the domestic dog (<i>Canis familiaris</i>). |
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