South Korea said yesterday it had deployed its first sniffer dog trained to detect bedbugs to prevent a possible infestation as athletes return from the Paris Olympics.
The sniffer dog, Ceco, was deployed at the main airport in Seoul as part of an initiative between the government and South Korea's largest pest control company, Cesco.
The two-year-old beagle is trained to detect the smell of pheromones unique to bedbugs and can locate the blood-sucking pests within two minutes with an accuracy rate of 95 percent, Cesco said.
"From August 9 to September 8 - the day the Paralympics concludes - bedbug detection dog services will be available at Incheon Airport," said a spokesperson for the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
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