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For people with diabetes, low or high blood sugar levels can be very dangerous. A dog’s sense of smell is so acute that it can detect the change before a patient falls ill. The Medical Detection Dogs Training Centre in the UK is training dogs to be able to alert diabetes patients when their blood su...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : SW Pictures, 2018.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Detector dogs > Great Britain.
Detector dogs > Training > Great Britain.
Dogs > Therapeutic use > Great Britain.
Diabetes > Treatment > Great Britain.
Human-animal relationships > Great Britain.
Chiens détecteurs > Grande-Bretagne.
Chiens > Emploi en thérapeutique > Grande-Bretagne.
Relations homme-animal > Grande-Bretagne.
Detector dogs
Diabetes > Treatment
Dogs > Therapeutic use
Human-animal relationships
Great Britain
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Summary:For people with diabetes, low or high blood sugar levels can be very dangerous. A dog’s sense of smell is so acute that it can detect the change before a patient falls ill. The Medical Detection Dogs Training Centre in the UK is training dogs to be able to alert diabetes patients when their blood sugar levels are low and to fetch the medical kits for the insulin injections.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed December 07, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (3 minutes)
Playing Time:00:03:28