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2008 | 39 | 2 | 71-80

Article title

Information-seeking behaviour of sniffer dogs during match-to-sample training in the scent lineup

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Abstracts

EN
Qualitative and quantitative changes in dogs' information-seeking behaviours during the subsequent phases of operant conditioning training using a scent lineup, were investigated. Particular interest was paid to behaviours which may have an impact on errors committed by dogs at work in a scent lineup and thus on the reliability of the canine identification of humans on the base of scent. Significant individual differences were found in dogs' performance in operant conditioning during match-to-sample trials. The style and time of sniffing the pattern scent sample as well as the searching time and number of stations sniffed in the lineup were found to influence the percentage of errors (false positive and false negative indications) made by dogs. The effects of the dogs' routine e.g. omitting stations, using other cues than olfactory ones (visual) and effects of the non-verbal communications between handler and dog have been discussed.

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Volume

39

Issue

2

Pages

71-80

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source-id: PPB_39_2\834004JL6342477X.xml

Document type

ARTICLE

Contributors

author
  • Tadeusz Jezierski, Instytut Genetyki i Hodowli Zwiwrzat PAN, ul. Postepu 1, Jastrzebiec, 05-552 Wólka Kossowska, Poland

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier
10PLAAAA075325

YADDA identifier

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