An exploratory study of associations between judgement bias, demographic and behavioural characteristics, and detection task performance in medical detection dogs

Bistre Dabbah, S., Mendl, M. T., Guest, C. & Rooney, N. J., 9 Apr 2025, In PLOS ONE 20(4). 

 

Survey on the importance of different traits for medical detection dogs

Bistre Dabbah, S., Mendl, M. T., Guest, C., & Rooney, N. J., 1 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Veterinary Behaviour: Clinical Applications and Research. 76, p. 40-52 13 p.  

 

The odour of an unfamiliar stressed or relaxed person affects dogs’ responses to a cognitive bias test

Parr-Cortes, Z., Muller, C. T., Talas, L., Mendl, M. T., Guest, C., & Rooney, N. J., 22 Jul 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, p. 1-17 17 p., 15843.  

 

Artificial neural networks for classifying the time series sensor data generated by medical detection dogs

Withington, L., Diaz Pardo de Vera, D., Guest, C., Mancini, C., Piwek, P., 1 Dec 2021, In: Expert Systems and Applications Journal, 184, article no. 115564.

A Lesson in Standardization – Subtle Aspects of the Processing of Samples Can Greatly Affect Dogs' Learning 

Guest, C., Harris, R., Anjum, I., Concha, A. & Rooney, N. J., 8 Jul 2020, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7.  

 

Canine Olfactory Thresholds to Amyl Acetate in a Biomedical Detection Scenario 

Concha, A., Guest, C. M., Harris, R., Pike, T. W., Feugier, A., Zulch, H., Mills, D, S., 22 Jan 2019, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 5.  

 

Using Sniffing Behavior to Differentiate True Negative from False Negative Responses in Trained Scent-Detection Dogs

Concha, A., Mills, D, S., Feugier, A., Zulch, H., Guest, C. M., Harris, R., Pike, T. W., 11 Sep 2014, In; Chemical Senses. 39, 9, p.749-754.