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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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