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Edited and contributed to by eminent scholars, this book takes a systematic scientific approach to canine olfaction. It provides a wealth of information beneficial to a wide range of professionals, including trainers of detection dogs and those working in healthcare, law enforcement, and environmental conservation. It also gives a thorough understanding of the remarkable power of the canine nose while encouraging further advances in applications and discussing current controversies within the field with a view toward resolution through dialogue.

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Edited and contributed to by eminent scholars, this book takes a systematic scientific approach to canine olfaction. It provides a wealth of information beneficial to a wide range of professionals, including trainers of detection dogs and those working in healthcare, law enforcement, and environmental conservation. It also gives a thorough understanding of the remarkable power of the canine nose while encouraging further advances in applications and discussing current controversies within the field with a view toward resolution through dialogue.
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Tadeusz Jezierski is professor of agricultural science at the Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has been a full professor at the institute since 1999 and is the head of the institute's Department of Animal Behavior. He is an internationally known author on a wide range of topics and has written papers on animal behavior, genetics, and animal welfare. His recent research interests include operant conditioning of sniffer dogs, behavioral genetics, human-animal interactions and the human-animal bond, genetic and environmental factors influencing social and sexual behavior of farm animals, feeding behavior, and emotional behavior and physiological reactions in farm animals. He has written 73 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals, four monographs, four handbooks, 11 book chapters, and 111 conference reports. John Ensminger, a member of the bar of the State of New York, who has practiced in the areas of constitutional law, mental patient civil rights, taxation of financial instruments, anti-money laundering and counterfinancing of terrorism, and most recently the law as it applies to skilled dogs. He has written over 30 papers on these topics, with articles on service and police dogs appearing in numerous journals. He is also a contributing editor for the website of the Animal Legal and Historical Center of the Michigan State University College of Law. He has written two books on specialized dogs, Service and Therapy Dogs in American Society and Police and Military Dogs. L.E. Papet is the owner and operator of K9 Resources, LLC, a privately held licensed investigative firm that specializes in the use of detection canines. As a scientific data-driven canine trainer, handler, and consultant, his primary focus is the training, testing and use of canines in olfactory disciplines including, but not limited to, explosives, illicit drugs, humans (live and deceased), pharmaceuticals, alcohol, accelerants, and many other forms of contraband and odor for both public and private sectors. He has trained hundreds of local, state, and federal officials, has written over 170 protocols for the training, testing, safety, deployment, and implementation of detection canines, and has received commendations for his work. He enjoys contributing to works involving working dogs employing the use of their olfactory skills and may be contacted at lep@k9resources.com.