Behavioral determination of olfactory thresholds to amyl acetate in dogs.
By use of a modified conditioned suppression technique, olfactory thresholds to amyl acetate were determined for four beagle dogs. Using the same odorant and olfactometer and a similar breathing chamber, olfactory thresholds were obtained in eight human subjects. It was determined that the olfactory sensitivity of the dogs was about 2.5 log units better than that of the human subjects.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009812:Odorants; D000439:Pentanols; D011603:Psychophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012684:Sensory Thresholds; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*; D013045:Species Specificity
D000439:Pentanols; C005716:amyl acetate