The University of Otago s youngest medical student has passed his first course with flying colours.
Levi, a German shepherd in training as a medical detection dog, is flanked by Pauline Blomfield of K9 Medical Detection NZ (left) and University of Otago Biostatistics Centre director Robin Turner.
Photo: Otago Daily Times / Sharon Bennett
Levi, a two-and-a-half-year-old German shepherd, has been achieving A+ results in his early training as a medical detection dog, learning how to sniff out bowel cancer.
During initial scent-imprint training Levi detected positive cancer samples 92.8 percent of the time, and ignored samples that did not contain cancer 99.8 percent of the time.