Investigation of the Behavioral Characteristics of Dogs Purpose-Bred and Prepared to Perform Vapor Wake® Detection of Person-Borne Explosives

Investigation of the Behavioral Characteristics of Dogs Purpose-Bred and Prepared to Perform Vapor Wake® Detection of Person-Borne Explosives

Specialized detector dogs are increasingly being utilized for the detection of modern threats. The Vapor Wake® (VW) dog was developed to create a dog phenotype ideally suited for detecting hand-carried and body-worn explosives. VW dogs (VWDs) are trained to sample and alert to target odors in the ae...

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Main Authors: Lucia Lazarowski, Pamela Sue Haney, Jeanne Brock, Terry Fischer, Bart Rogers, Craig Angle, Jeffrey S. Katz, L. Paul Waggoner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
Vapor Wake®
detection dog
phenotype
behavior
selective breeding
working dogs
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2018.00050/full

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