Can Dogs Sniff Out the Next Pandemic Before It Begins?

Offered By: TEDx via YouTube

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Explore the remarkable olfactory capabilities of dogs and other animals in detecting diseases like COVID-19, cancer, and avian flu in this 14-minute TEDxMileHigh talk by neurobiologist Glen J. Golden. Discover how animals can be trained to identify infectious diseases faster than PCR tests, potentially preventing future pandemics. Learn about Golden's research on mammalian olfaction and his work training dogs to detect avian flu in birds and chronic wasting disease in white-tailed deer. Gain insights into the potential of animal-assisted disease detection and its implications for public health and disease prevention.

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Can dogs sniff out the next pandemic before it begins? | Glen J. Golden | TEDxMileHigh

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