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  2. Canine cancer detection - Wikipedia

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    Canine cancer detection is an approach to cancer screening that relies upon the claimed olfactory ability of dogs to detect, in urine or in breath, very low concentrations of the alkanes and aromatic compounds generated by malignant tumors. While some research has been promising, no verified studies by secondary research groups have ...

  3. Effect of psychoactive drugs on animals - Wikipedia

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    The results showed that the confrontation influenced the monkeys' response to cocaine. When subordinate monkeys acted as intruders, their self-administration of low-dose cocaine increased, and their dose-response curve shifted to the left. In contrast, dominant monkeys experienced a decrease in cocaine self-administration and a rightward shift ...

  4. Detection dog - Wikipedia

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    Detection dog training in U.S. Navy military for drug detection An English Springer Spaniel on duty as a detection dog with the British Transport Police at Waterloo station. A detection dog or sniffer dog is a dog that is trained to use its senses to detect substances such as explosives, illegal drugs, wildlife scat, semen, [1] currency, blood, and contraband electronics such as illicit mobile ...

  5. Trace amounts of cocaine found in dogs that fatally mauled ...

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    Two dogs that mauled a 73-year-old woman in Ohio last year had cocaine in their systems, according to pathology reports obtained this week by the Columbus Dispatch, part of the USA TODAY Network.

  6. Cancer in dogs - Wikipedia

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    Dogs can develop carcinomas of epithelial cells and organs, sarcomas of connective tissues and bones, and lymphomas or leukemias of the circulatory system. Selective breeding of dogs has led certain pure-bred breeds to be at high-risk for specific kinds of cancer. [1] Veterinary oncology is the medical study of cancer in animals, and can be ...

  7. Veterinary oncology - Wikipedia

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    In one study, 45% of the dogs that reached 10 years of age or older died of cancer. [ 1 ] Skin tumors are the most frequently diagnosed type of tumor in domestic animals for two reasons: 1. constant exposure of animal skin to the sun and external environment, 2. skin tumors are easy to see because they are on the outside of the animal.

  8. List of designer drugs - Wikipedia

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    Amphetamine – systematic reviews and meta-analyses report that low-dose amphetamine may improve cognitive functions (e.g., inhibitory control, episodic memory, working memory, and aspects of attention) in healthy people and in individuals with ADHD.

  9. Brompton cocktail - Wikipedia

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    Brompton cocktail, sometimes called Brompton mixture or Brompton's cocktail, was an elixir meant for use as a pain suppressant dosed for prophylaxis.Made from morphine or diacetylmorphine (heroin), cocaine, highly pure ethyl alcohol (some recipes specify gin), and sometimes with chlorpromazine (Thorazine) to counteract nausea, it was given to terminally ill individuals (especially cancer ...