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This is the first ever scientific study demonstrating that odors produced during epileptic seizures can be felt by dogs.
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One of these boxes has an odor collected from a patient during an episode of epilepsy. The other 6 boxes had samples of the same person while they were not seized This experiment is part of a study that shows that dogs can smell an odor produced during epileptic seizures. All previous reports of this ability were anecdotal. French scientists wanted to know if there was a "smell of crisis" in all types of crises. All dogs in the study were able to identify the tin can with the smell of seizure.

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