Enhancement of Olfactory Discrimination.
Abstract
Dogs were trained to detect pentyl acetate at a concentration of 10 to the -6.25 of saturated vapor. Three ml of the liquid odorant were then administered orally. Performance in detecting pentyl acetate rose over the next 10-15 days to achieve a stable plateau performance 30-50 percentage points higher than baseline performance. This high performance persisted over the next 58 sessions (days) and following a one week break in testing was reattained after four sessions. Additional studies were conducted that demonstrated that olfactory sensitization of the drop was found to be dependent on the structural similarity of the sensitizing agent to the compound to be detected. Thus, detection of pentyl acetate was affected by the ingestion of propyl acetate, but not by alpha-ionone. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA068752
Entities
People
- D. G. Moulton
Organizations
- University of Pennsylvania