Traits and genotypes may predict the successful training of drug detection dogs

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 287-298

  Maejima, Masami ^a   Inoue Murayama, Miho ^a   Tonosaki, Keiichi ^b   Matsuura, Naoto ^a   Kato, Shota ^a   Saito, Yasuhiro ^a   Weiss, Alexander ^c   Murayama, Yuichi ^d   Ito, Shin'ichi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioural traits; Drug detection dog; Genotype; Training

Indexed keywords

CANID; DETECTION METHOD; DRUG; GENOTYPE; TRAINING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34948819779     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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