Odor Discrimination Wrapup and Personal Updates

For this episode of K9 Conservationists, Kayla wraps up our discrimination series with a Q&A and provides some updates.

Science Highlight: None this week 

Questions asked:

From Megan:

• How to “mix” discriminants/control things into your one sample without containing it?

  
  



• Any good ideas for avoiding over discrimination/specification with limited samples?

  
  



• Should we swab the storage rooms?

  
  



• Any ideas for promoting generalisation across individuals, stages, phases with very few samples?

  
  



• Testing for generalisation vs. specification before imprinting on target /deploying?

  
  

From Janna

• Is discrimination training something they always do as a training step before fieldwork? Why? Or is it something they do if there is a challenge in fieldwork? And especially: what is their preferred method to do the training? Line-ups or go - no-go or search type scenarios? Why? 

  
  

Links Mentioned in the Episode: 

None 

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