Scent dog identification of samples from Covid-19 patients

Re:Scent dog identification of samples from Covid-19 patient... by ruffrey on Monday July 27, 2020 @08:36PM (#23971017)

I wonder if this puts dogs at risk for contracting or spreading the virus.

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Re:Scent dog identification of samples from Covid-19 patient... by stevage on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:42PM (#23971442)

Yes, the paper makes clear that the risk of dogs contracting the virus is a major problem to solve - especially since a symptom may be loss of smell! No reports yet of dogs spreading covid though.

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Re:Scent dog identification of samples from Covid-19 patient... by hlfy_hn on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:04PM (#23971219)

AFAIK most dogs can't get Corona (for now). Dogs that have tested positive for corona are rare. There is no report from Dog to human infection.

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Re:Scent dog identification of samples from Covid-19 patient... by topkai22 on Monday July 27, 2020 @09:48PM (#23971487)

Rare, but this method is asking them to smell saliva samples all day. That’s a level of exposure very few dogs would have.

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