Electronic nose may save healthy dogs in Brazil

Electronic nose may save healthy dogs in Brazil Today’s Video of the Day from Lancaster University explains how new research may prevent healthy dogs from being unnecessarily euthanized in Brazil.

Leishmaniasis is a tropical disease carried by sand flies that kills 300,000 people each year.

In Brazil, dogs that are suspected of carrying the disease-transmitting parasite are put to sleep. However, the blood test that is used is not 100 percent accurate. Electronic nose may save healthy dogs in Brazil as shown in video how reasearchers are working hard on it.

A new test has been developed that allows an electronic nose to inspect a hair sample for infection. The new sniffer is very accurate and may save the lives of many healthy dogs. Inspired by the incredible olfactory senses of dogs, scientists have been developing and demonstrating different types of “electronic noses” that can sniff out things like cancer, nerve gases or even explosives.

Electronic nose uses machine learning to mimic a dog’s sense of smell Inspired by the incredible olfactory senses of dogs, scientists have been developing and demonstrating different types of “electronic noses” that can sniff out things like cancer, nerve gases or even explosives.

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By Chrissy Sexton, Earth.com Staff Writer

Video Credit: Lancaster University