The pig’s “scent” and the barking dogs

The episode n°4 of @sciencemug's podcast tells you, in Engh?ish, that a pig’s pheromone, the androstenone, can calm excessively anxious super barking and jumping dogs when sprayed on them. The discovery, made by a group of researchers of the Texas Tech University, has been published in the journal "The Professional Animal Scientist". (the twin journal of "The Amateur Plant Theologian", cousin of the magazine "The semi-pro quasi-experiment planner"). Read the text here: http://goo.gl/5vyLA3 Ciaz! SM