Training rats to search and alert on contraband odors

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-232

  Otto, James ^a   Brown, Michael F ^b   Long III, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraband; Explosives; Odor detection; Odor discrimination; Rat

Indexed keywords

OLFACTION; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 0037030438     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00052-7     Document Type: Article

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