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A Test of Canine Olfactory Capacity: Comparing Various Dog Breeds and Wolves in a Natural Detection Task

Many dog breeds are bred specifically for increased performance in scent-based tasks. Whether dogs bred for this purpose have higher olfactory capacities than other dogs, or even wolves with whom they share a common ancestor, has not yet been studied. Indeed, there is no standard test for assessing...

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Autores principales: Polgár, Zita, Kinnunen, Mari, Újváry, Dóra, Miklósi, Ádám, Gácsi, Márta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4859551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27152412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154087