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Penn Vet Launches COVID-19 Canine Scent Detection Study
April 29, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 29 -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine issued the following news release:

A pilot training program utilizing scent detection dogs to discriminate between samples from COVID-19 positive and COVID-19 negative patients is the focus of a new research initiative at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet).

With up to 300 million smell receptors - compared to six million in hum . . .

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