Dogs trained to detect explosives may perform worse in extreme temperature and humidity, taking longer to identify substances and with lower sensitivity
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306817
Article Title: Environmental effects on explosive detection threshold of domestic dogs
Author Countries: USA
Funding: This research was made possible through funding provided by the DoD Army Research Office under Contract No. W911NF2120124. https://www.arl.army.mil/who-we-are/aro/. SAK’s work was supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (DGE 2140745). https://www.nsfgrfp.org/. This funder played no role in the study design, data collection, analysis, preparation or decision to publish this manuscript.
Journal
PLOS ONE
Article Title
Environmental effects on explosive detection threshold of domestic dogs
Article Publication Date
25-Sep-2024
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.