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HANOVER, Germany (Reuters) - A German veterinary clinic has trained sniffer dogs to detect the novel coronavirus in human saliva samples with 94% accuracy.
The dogs are conditioned to scent out the “corona odour” that comes from cells in infected people, said Esther Schalke, a vet 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 being trained at Hanover’s University of Veterinary Medicine.
“We did a study where we had dogs sniffing samples from COVID-positive patients and we can say that they have a 94% probability in our study . that they can sniff them out,” said Holger Volk, head of the veterinary clinic.
A German veterinary clinic has trained sniffer dogs to detect the novel coronavirus in human saliva samples with 94% accuracy. The dogs are conditioned to scent out the "corona odour" that comes from cells in infected people, said Esther Schalke, a vet at Germany's armed forces school for service dogs. Filou, a 3-year-old Belgian Shepherd, and Joe Cocker, a 1-year-old Cocker
German sniffer dogs can hunt out Covid in human saliva with incredible 94% accuracy
Dogs around the worlds are being trained to identify Covid-19 by smell but Germany s armed forces school for service dogs claims their canines might just be the best at it
Filou, the 3-year-old Belgian shepherd can detect COVID-19 in saliva samples (Image: REUTERS)
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