Goss Kai-Uwe
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318, Leipzig, Germany; University of Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Chemistry, Kurt-Mothes-Str. 2, D-06120, Halle, Germany.
Forensic Sci Int. 2019 Mar;296:110-114. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.01.023. Epub 2019 Jan 22.
Search dogs are used throughout the world in the search for illicit compounds or human individuals and similar tasks. Such search work is complex and not well understood in all its details which makes training of the dogs difficult. One important component for a successful education and deployment of search dogs is a good understanding of the behavior of scents under typical environmental conditions. This work summarizes up-to-date knowledge on the physico-chemistry of scents and discusses the consequences for the every-day work of dog handlers and trainers.
世界各地都在使用搜救犬来搜寻非法化合物、寻找人员及执行类似任务。此类搜救工作复杂，其所有细节尚未被完全理解，这使得训练搜救犬变得困难。成功培育和部署搜救犬的一个重要因素是充分了解典型环境条件下气味的行为。这项工作总结了有关气味物理化学的最新知识，并讨论了其对训犬员和训练师日常工作的影响。
