After a week-long training of dogs with the German army, the dogs were able, with sound and amazing results, to discover those infected with the new Corona virus. It is a result needed by airports, sporting events, etc. to limit the spread of Corona.
"These dogs must be trained for a week to be able to differentiate between those with SARS-Cove 2 and those without it," said the institute of the Higher Institute of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover, western Germany.
The institution added: "This method can be used as a complementary step in the examination of infection in public places such as airports and sports forums, border checks and major gatherings to further reduce the spread of the virus."
The research team, led by Holger Andreas Falk, of the Higher Institute of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover, tested the capabilities of eight trained dogs at the German Army School "Bundeswehr" in Ulmen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Waltz. The team includes specialists from the Higher Medical Institute of Hanover and the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf.
The team, which published its research in the "BMC" magazine for infectious diseases, said that after a week-long training, dogs were able to fully detect through saliva and breathing about 94% of those infected in trials involving 1012 people.
The samples were randomly distributed, and neither the dog trainers nor the researchers knew anything about the infected or non-infected among the participants.