Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

Over the past few months, dog handlers from different countries have repeatedly announced their intention to try to train dogs to detect the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus by smell. But how all these attempts ended remains unknown.

Then, however, scientists from the Hanover University of Veterinary Medicine got down to business, and after carrying out an appropriate experiment in a short time, published, as it should be in the scientific community, a detailed report on the work done, with the conclusion that trained dogs in the vast majority of cases are able to recognize samples taken from patients infected with the virus.

The experiment involved eight dogs, which were trained for a week to detect the presence of coronavirus in human saliva and tracheobronchial secretions by smell. Moreover, the training was carried out using a special apparatus for training dogs, which practically does not require human intervention.

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