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Dogs are trained to detect medical conditions
Some warn owners of changes in blood sugar by scent Training relies on samples taken during episodes and on consistent reward. Studies are mixed on reliability, so the animals supplement rather than replace monitoring equipment. Dogs are also trained for search, conservation detection and invasive species surveys. It sits in Mondo's animals collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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Dogs are trained to detect medical conditions: the short answers
- Where does this come from, and can I check it?
- Some warn owners of changes in blood sugar by scent. The figure is taken from Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
- Is this really a animals fact?
- Yes. It sits on the Animals shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
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- The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.