Detection Dog

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A dog trained to identify by scent certain contraband materials—e.g., firearms, explosives, gypsy moths, chemicals used in arson, plants, currency/cash, illicit drugs, polycarbonate optical disks—bootleg DVDs—human remains, plant and animal tissues, etc.

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a The NHS works with the charity Medical Detection Dogs, which uses specially trained dogs to sniff out cancer and other diseases.

When Charlie the dog kept sniffing Emma's right breast it was an ominous sign; Emma Smith, 42, from Ruislip, Greater London, thought little of it when her dog kept sniffing her right breast. But it turned out that Charlie the Staffie was on to something..

Detection dogs are trained to identify specific scents, such as drugs or ammunition, and are rewarded for it with food or a toy, says Lisa Mangum, chief of the North Carolina district's police department.

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(164) Another study showed that the "detection dog handlers could be inadvertently cuing their canines to the presence of a target." (165)

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A national charity set up in 2008, Medical Detection Dogs (www.medicaldetectiondogs.org.uk) is dedicated to the detection of human disease by canine olfaction--a dog's ability to smell disease.

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"The detection dogs can find tobacco and cigarettes even if hidden in the most unlikely places.

Sniffer dogs find stash of 27,000 illegal cigarettes

WORCESTER -- For the first time in its 32 years, a group of bomb and explosives detection dogs will be deployed at the Worcester County St.

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"D" met with local media at the Explosive Detection Dog (EDD) Section, Steele Barracks Moorebank NSW, Australia.

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The detection dog immediately lunged for the backpack and took hold of it, but when the administrator subsequently searched it, he found no drugs or other contraband.