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Dog Scent Sensitivity
12/10/2002
name M. D.
status educator
age 40s
Question - We need a knowledgeable person. My daughter says a
typical dog can smell 80 to 400 times better than a human. I say it is
about 27 times (think I read it somewhere but am not sure). Do you have
any idea what the number is?
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Sorry... I don't know either.
Phillip Raclyn, DVM
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