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COVID detector dog squad begins hospital duty
A team of detector dogs trained by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences at Lyell McEwin Hospital in Adelaide’s northern suburbs to screen for COVID-19 to help keep patients safe.
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Our most loyal companions could soon be among our most valuable frontline health workers.
Latest COVID-19 detector dog research and trials underway at Adelaide Airport
Six dogs, including four ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Border Force (ABF) detector dogs, one South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Metropolitan Fire Service (SAMFS) dog and one dog from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide (gifted by the ABF), have commenced research trials at Adelaide Airport to determine the feasibility of deploying dogs to detect COVID-19.
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COVID-19 detector dog research and trials underway
14 dogs have begun their training at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide, and at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Border Force’s (ABF) National Detector Dog Program Facility in Victoria, as part of a joint venture into determining the feasibility of training COVID-19 detector dogs. The results from the trials are expected to be published in early 2021 and will inform whether trials in the community should be undertaken as the next phase.
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