Training Coronavirus Sniffing Dogs Going Very Well Say UPenn Researchers

Nine dogs are being successfully trained to sniff for coronavirus by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.
"Everything they have been built to do, is through their noses," says researcher Cindy Otto.
The dogs are being trained on urine, saliva and sebum, so that both symptomatic and asymptomatic detection is possible.
“People love the idea of dogs doing things, and they are mistrustful of scientists,” researcher Perdita Barran said. So far, training has been going very well.

Melissa Forman in the Morning