The Nose Knows: Sniffing Out Cancer at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center

By Ashley Berke

It’s so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The only sound is that of a Springer Spaniel methodically sniffing twelve ports on a stainless steel wheel. Suddenly he stops and sits.

“Yes! Good boy, McBaine! Way to go, bud!” exclaims one of the trainers, as she rewards him with a treat. McBaine has just successfully identified a malignant ovarian cancer blood sample.

McBaine is one of three cancer detection dogs in training at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center. Along with Labrador Retriever Ffoster and German Shepherd Tsunami, he is using his incredible sense of smell to help create an early cancer detection system that could one day save lives.

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