Disease Detection Dogs

Daten

Offizielle Daten in der Fachveröffentlichung für das folgende akademische Jahr: 2020-2021

Thematik

Lectures mix the frontal and interactive types of teaching methods, complete with practical presentations. The aim of the course is to present the application of service dogs and how it can be contribute for our fields of science. The ability of sniffing dogs is well-documented in the application area of security, military, forensic science, but not well-known in medical field.
Based on the latest scientific research results, we can gain insight how and why human health and well-being affected by the presence of dogs. Therapy, SAR (Search and Rescue) and other disease detection dogs are the main part of presence scientific and public interest.
The question is: do we recognize their abilities and put them into our service?
Lectures:
1. Historical background of servicing dogs
2. Types of servicing dogs
3. Inside of the dog (behavior, selection process)
4. Biological aspects of sniffing purpose
5. Therapy dogs
6. Effect for neurological and psychiatric diseases
7. Effect for cardiovascular diseases
8. Search and Rescue dogs
9. Cancer detection dogs
10. Other disease sniffer animals
11. Trends, new ways of research, replacement tools
12. Conclusions and student’s presentations

Vorlesungen

• 1. Historical background of service dogs - Dr. Horváth Orsolya Melinda
• 2. Types of service dogs - Dr. Horváth Orsolya Melinda
• 3. Inside of the dog (behavior, selection process) - Dr. Horváth Orsolya Melinda
• 4. Biological aspects of sniffing purpose - Dr. Horváth Orsolya Melinda
• 5. Therapy dogs - Dr. Horváth Orsolya Melinda
• 6. Effect for neurological and psychiatric diseases - Dr. Horváth Orsolya Melinda
• 7. Effect for cardiovascular diseases - Dr. Horváth Orsolya Melinda
• 8. Search and Rescue dogs - Dr. Horváth Orsolya Melinda
• 9. Cancer detection dogs - Dr. Horváth Orsolya Melinda
• 10. Other disease sniffer animals - Dr. Horváth Orsolya Melinda
• 11. Trends, new ways of research, replacement tools of animals - Dr. Horváth Orsolya Melinda

Praktika

Seminare

• 12. Conclusions and student presentations

Materialien zum Aneignen des Lehrstoffes

Obligatorische Literatur

Vom Institut veröffentlichter Lehrstoff

Skript

Empfohlene Literatur

1.) Jezierski – Ensminger – Papet (eds): Canine Olfaction Science and Law. CRC Press, 2016.
2.) Jill Lenk Schilp: Dogs in Health Care (Pioneering Animal-Human Partnership). McFarland and Company, 2019.
3.) Milena Penkowa: Dogs & Human Health: The New Science of Dog Therapy & Therapy Dogs. Balboa Press, 2015.

Voraussetzung zum Absolvieren des Semesters

Maximum of 25 % absence allowed

Semesteranforderungen

10 min Oral presentation and Handout

Möglichkeiten zur Nachholung der Fehlzeiten

Can not be replaced

Prüfungsfragen

No exam questions

Prüfer

Praktika, Seminarleiter/innen

• Dr. Horváth Orsolya Melinda