Ambiguity, Ambivalence, and Affective Encounters: An Ethnographic Account of Medical Detection Dog–Trainer Relationships

Anthrozoös ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Katrina E. Holland
Keyword(s):  
Detection Dog

scholarly journals Detection dog efficacy for collecting faecal samples from the critically endangered Cross River gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla diehli ) for genetic censusing

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 140423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mimi Arandjelovic ◽  
Richard A. Bergl ◽  
Romanus Ikfuingei ◽  
Christopher Jameson ◽  
Megan Parker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River Gorilla ◽  
Elusive Species ◽  
Detection Dog ◽  
Gorilla Gorilla Diehli

Population estimates using genetic capture–recapture methods from non-invasively collected wildlife samples are more accurate and precise than those obtained from traditional methods when detection and resampling rates are high. Recently, detection dogs have been increasingly used to find elusive species and their by-products. Here we compared the effectiveness of dog- and human-directed searches for Cross River gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla diehli ) faeces at two sites. The critically endangered Cross River gorilla inhabits a region of high biodiversity and endemism on the border between Nigeria and Cameroon. The rugged highland terrain and their cryptic behaviour make them difficult to study and a precise population size for the subspecies is still lacking. Dog-directed surveys located more fresh faeces with less bias than human-directed survey teams. This produced a more reliable population estimate, although of modest precision given the small scale of this pilot study. Unfortunately, the considerable costs associated with use of the United States-based detection dog teams make the use of these teams financially unfeasible for a larger, more comprehensive survey. To realize the full potential of dog-directed surveys and increase cost-effectiveness, we recommend basing dog-detection teams in the countries where they will operate and expanding the targets the dogs are trained to detect.

An approach to identify bias in scent detection dog testing

2017 ◽  
Vol 189 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothea Johnen ◽  
Wolfgang Heuwieser ◽  
Carola Fischer-Tenhagen
Keyword(s):  
Scent Detection ◽  
Detection Dog

scholarly journals Benefits of incorporating a scat-detection dog into wildlife monitoring: a case study of Pyrenean brown bear

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jérôme Sentilles ◽  
Cécile Vanpé ◽  
Pierre-Yves Quenette
Keyword(s):  
Brown Bear ◽  
Wildlife Monitoring ◽  
Detection Dog

scholarly journals A Need for Greater Inclusivity and Diversity in Scent Detection Dog Research: A Reply to Lazarowski et al. and Byosiere et al.

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 87-89
Author(s):  
Camille A. Troisi ◽  
Daniel S. Mills ◽  
Anna Wilkinson ◽  
Helen E. Zulch
Keyword(s):  
Scent Detection ◽  
Detection Dog

Comparing detection dog and livetrapping surveys for a cryptic rodent

2011 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 1209-1217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Duggan ◽  
Edward J. Heske ◽  
Robert L. Schooley ◽  
Aimee Hurt ◽  
Alice Whitelaw
Keyword(s):  
Detection Dog

scholarly journals Using network analysis to study behavioural phenotypes: an example using domestic dogs

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 160268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conor Goold ◽  
Judit Vas ◽  
Christine Olsen ◽  
Ruth C. Newberry
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Canis Lupus ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Phenotypic Integration ◽  
Canis Lupus Familiaris ◽  
Functional Connections ◽  
Behavioural Phenotypes ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Latent Traits ◽  
Detection Dog

Phenotypic integration describes the complex interrelationships between organismal traits, traditionally focusing on morphology. Recently, research has sought to represent behavioural phenotypes as composed of quasi-independent latent traits. Concurrently, psychologists have opposed latent variable interpretations of human behaviour, proposing instead a network perspective envisaging interrelationships between behaviours as emerging from causal dependencies. Network analysis could also be applied to understand integrated behavioural phenotypes in animals. Here, we assimilate this cross-disciplinary progression of ideas by demonstrating the use of network analysis on survey data collected on behavioural and motivational characteristics of police patrol and detection dogs ( Canis lupus familiaris ). Networks of conditional independence relationships illustrated a number of functional connections between descriptors, which varied between dog types. The most central descriptors denoted desirable characteristics in both patrol and detection dog networks, with ‘Playful’ being widely correlated and possessing mediating relationships between descriptors. Bootstrap analyses revealed the stability of network results. We discuss the results in relation to previous research on dog personality, and benefits of using network analysis to study behavioural phenotypes. We conclude that a network perspective offers widespread opportunities for advancing the understanding of phenotypic integration in animal behaviour.

scholarly journals How Behavior of Nontarget Species Affects Perceived Accuracy of Scat Detection Dog Surveys

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen E. DeMatteo ◽  
Linsey W. Blake ◽  
Julie K. Young ◽  
Barbara Davenport
Keyword(s):  
Nontarget Species ◽  
Detection Dog

Conservation detection dog is better than human searcher in finding bilby (Macrotis lagotis) scats

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-93
Author(s):  
Scott A. Thompson ◽  
Graham G. Thompson ◽  
Philip C. Withers ◽  
Emma M. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Ground Cover ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Detection Dog ◽  
Mean Time ◽  
Better Than

ABSTRACT Conservation detection dogs have been widely used for finding scats, retreat sites and specific plant and animal species for a variety of purposes, including monitoring, management, biosecurity and eradication programs. Their cost-effectiveness appears well established in finding cryptic and rare animals, yet they are not included in the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions’ published search protocol for bilbies. In this study a human searcher located six of 90 scats (6.7%) compared to the conservation detection dog that located 89 of 90 bilby scats (98.9%). The dog’s time to locate the first scat in a 25m × 25m site with a ground cover of leaves, sticks and grasses was 72.8 sec (± se 8.10, n = 60) and, when a second scat was present, the mean time to locate the second scat was 186.5 sec (± se 186.517, n = 29). We strongly recommend that conservation detection dogs are incorporated into the State government’s search protocol for bilbies, as they are more accurate and faster than human searchers, and provide development proponents with greater confidence in searches undertaken as part of an environmental impact assessment.

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