title: [Dogs as a diagnostic tool--utopian dream or unexploited possibility?].
abstract: The dog's sense of smell has been estimated to be as much as 100 000 times more sensitive than that of man. While the dog's sense of smell is utilized by various authorities, medical exploitation of dogs is scarce. A disorder causes in the body metabolic changes, which could possibly be detected by using trained dogs. Promising studies have been published in recent years about the use of diagnostic dogs in identifying cancers or antibiotic-associated diarrhea, for example.
authors: Tuomas
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authors: Klockars
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009812:Odorants; D055696:Olfactory Perception
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents