Coronavirus: Trained dogs detect COVID 94% of the time, German study finds

[MelissaB]

Coronavirus: Trained dogs detect COVID 94% of the time, German study finds

The dogs were trained at the Hanover University of Veterinary Medicine and may help prevent the illness from spreading in large crowds. Dogs have already been put to work at airports and sport arenas around the world.

A German veterinary clinic has trained dogs that can detect COVID-19 with 94% accuracy, even if people are asymptomatic.

The dogs were conditioned to sniff out the "coronavirus odor" that is emitted from cells in infected people, said Esther Schalke, a veterinarian at Germany's armed forces school for service dogs.

Filou, a 3-year-old Belgian Shepherd, and Joe Cocker, a 1-year-old Cocker Spaniel, are two of the dogs that are being trained at Hanover's University of Veterinary Medicine.

More: https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-trained-dogs-detect-covid-94-of-the-time-german-study-finds/a-56447514

[mopinko]

1. more of this, please.

this thing where they sniff out diseases. i'd trade them for the docs i have seen in a heart beat.

[uponit7771]

2. These dogs can literally save society as we know it !! They can help isolate the asymptomatic ...

... quicker and easier than a test !!!

Dogs save the world !!!

[SheltieLover]

3. I have to wonder whether they are getting sick from doing this?

I'm one of the rare humans who does not want to cause harm to another species just for the sake of things being better for humans.

[OneGrassRoot]

4. So true and good question. n/t

[SheltieLover]

5. I've seen a couple of articles about how amazing dogs are in sniffing out covid (duh!), but nothing

about whether they are being infected.

I suppose we aren't supposed to be "concerned" about that...