Biosecurity Dogs Detect Live Insects after Training with Odor-Proxy Training Aids: Scent Extract and Dead Specimens.

Moser, AY; Brown, WY; Bizo, LA; Andrew, NR; Taylor, MK

Biosecurity Dogs Detect Live Insects after Training with Odor-Proxy Training Aids: Scent Extract and Dead Specimens.

Moser, AY Brown, WY Bizo, LA Andrew, NR Taylor, MK

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Publisher:: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Chemical senses, 2020, 45, (3), pp. 179-186
Issue Date:: 2020-04

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dc.contributor.author	Moser, AY
dc.contributor.author	Brown, WY
dc.contributor.author	Bizo, LA
dc.contributor.author	Andrew, NR
dc.contributor.author	Taylor, MK
dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-03T02:46:25Z
dc.date.available	2020-11-03T02:46:25Z
dc.date.issued	2020-04
dc.identifier.citation	Chemical senses, 2020, 45, (3), pp. 179-186
dc.identifier.issn	0379-864X
dc.identifier.issn	1464-3553
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/143726
dc.description.abstract	Detector dogs could be trained to find invasive insect pests at borders before they establish in new areas. However, without access to the live insects themselves, odor training aids are needed to condition dogs to their scent. This proof-of-concept study assessed 2 potential training aids for insect detection: a scent extract and dead specimens of the target species. Using Musgraveia sulciventris (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae) as an experimental model, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analyses were carried out to compare the chemical headspaces that make up the odors of live specimens and these 2 training aids. This was then followed by canine scent-detection testing to investigate biosecurity detector dogs' (n = 4) responses to training in an ecologically valid context. Both the scent extract and the dead specimens shared the majority of their volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with live insects. Of the dogs trained with scent extract (n = 2), both were able to detect the live insects accurately, and of those trained with dead specimens (n = 2), one detected the live insects accurately. These findings lend support for these training aids as odor-proxies for live insects-particularly scent extract, which is a relatively novel product with the potential for broad application to facilitate and improve insect-detection training.
dc.format	Print
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
dc.relation.ispartof	Chemical senses
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1093/chemse/bjaa001
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	This article contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government License v3.0
dc.subject	06 Biological Sciences
dc.subject.classification	Neurology & Neurosurgery
dc.title	Biosecurity Dogs Detect Live Insects after Training with Odor-Proxy Training Aids: Scent Extract and Dead Specimens.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	45
utslib.location.activity	England
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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dc.date.updated	2020-11-03T02:46:13Z
pubs.issue	3
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pubs.volume	45
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Abstract:

Detector dogs could be trained to find invasive insect pests at borders before they establish in new areas. However, without access to the live insects themselves, odor training aids are needed to condition dogs to their scent. This proof-of-concept study assessed 2 potential training aids for insect detection: a scent extract and dead specimens of the target species. Using Musgraveia sulciventris (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae) as an experimental model, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analyses were carried out to compare the chemical headspaces that make up the odors of live specimens and these 2 training aids. This was then followed by canine scent-detection testing to investigate biosecurity detector dogs' (n = 4) responses to training in an ecologically valid context. Both the scent extract and the dead specimens shared the majority of their volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with live insects. Of the dogs trained with scent extract (n = 2), both were able to detect the live insects accurately, and of those trained with dead specimens (n = 2), one detected the live insects accurately. These findings lend support for these training aids as odor-proxies for live insects-particularly scent extract, which is a relatively novel product with the potential for broad application to facilitate and improve insect-detection training.

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