Use of Infrared Thermography to Detect Intrasynovial Injections in Horses

Figueiredo, Tatiana; Dzyekanski, Bruna; Pimpão, Cláudia Turra; Silveira, Aníbal; Capriglione, Luiz Guilherme Achcar; Michelotto, Pedro Vicente

doi:10.1016/j.jevs.2012.07.003

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“…Changes in the surface thermal image of a normal horse can be used to detect claudication or inflammation. Thermal imaging has been used to diagnose inflammation as well as to evaluate several other clinical syndromes (Figueiredo et al, 2013). Therefore, DITI can easily recognize and detect temperature changes and can be used as a means to detect and monitor normal and abnormal physiological phenomena (Sykes et al, 2012).…”

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Heat Detection of Gilts Using Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging Camera

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T he sound health of livestock animals is essential for high productivity and good economic returns. The body temperature of farm animals is a very important parameter for ensuring their physiological health and well-being. For example, various physiological changes such as proestrus, estrus, pregnancy, breastfeeding, parturition, etc., can affect the body temperature (Neethirajan, 2017). The skin's surface works as a heat-radiating cooling

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Heat Detection of Gilts Using Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging Camera

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“…Dogs were kenneled for at least 20 min to allow equilibration to ambient conditions, prior to baseline thermal imaging, there is no standard temperature equilibration period length for dogs, in studies conducted on humans, frequent temperature equilibration periods of 10 min ( 20 – 22 ), 15 min ( 23 , 24 ), 20 min ( 25 , 26 ), and 30 min have been used ( 27 ). Studies on horses have reported temperature equilibration periods of 30 min or less ( 28 – 30 ). In a study on dogs, it was found that stable thermal imaging patterns can be found as early as 15 min after a dog's fur has been clipped ( 13 ).…”

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Thermal Imaging Following Exercise in Working Dogs

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Disaster search dogs traverse diverse and unstable surfaces found in collapsed buildings. It is unknown if the physical conditioning on a treadmill involves the same muscle groups that are involved in rubble search. This 14-week prospective cohort study was conducted to investigate changes within the thermal gradients of specific dog muscles following treadmill compared to rubble search. Nine dogs, ranging in age from 6 months to 4 years, were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Each week the two groups would participate in either 20 min of treadmill or rubble searches. Prior to exercise, the dogs were weighed and then kenneled in a temperature-controlled study room for 20 min at 21°C. Pre-exercise thermal images were then captured of the standing dog from the dorsal, left and right lateral, and caudal perspectives, and of the sitting dog from the rostral perspective. Following a 10-min warm-up period of stretches, dogs proceeded to either treadmill or search. Upon completion, dogs were kenneled in the study room for 20 min prior to post-exercise thermal images. Images were sectioned into 22 muscle regions, the pre-exercise images were subtracted from the post-exercise images to determine the temperature difference (ΔT) for that dog, on that day, for that activity. Thermography measures radiant energy, temperature, and converts this information into an image. This study looked at ΔT within a region pre and post-exercise. The study failed to find a statistically significant difference in the ΔT within each muscle group between treadmill and search activities. There was a decrease in ΔT within all muscle regions over the of the study except for the right cranial shoulder, right caudal shoulder, and right hamstring for the treadmill activity only. The decrease was significant in the pelvis, left longissimus, right cranial shoulder for the search activity, left oblique, left caudal shoulder, and left quadricep muscular regions. These findings suggest that ΔT in muscle groups are similar between treadmill exercise and rubble search. Regardless of the exercise type, 14 weeks of structured Search and Rescue training and treadmill exercise resulted in less ΔT associated with a structured weekly exercise.

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“…On the other hand, uncooled thermal cameras use pyroelectric or ferroelectric materials for infrared radiation detection and pixel formation. Uncooled detectors constantly calibrate according to ambient temperature, being suitable for clinical application [ 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 ]. However, uncooled chamber detectors cannot provide a fixed absolute temperature due to constant calibration.…”

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Assessment of Pain and Inflammation in Domestic Animals Using Infrared Thermography: A Narrative Review

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Pain assessment in domestic animals has gained importance in recent years due to the recognition of the physiological, behavioral, and endocrine consequences of acute pain on animal production, welfare, and animal model validity. Current approaches to identifying acute pain mainly rely on behavioral-based scales, quantifying pain-related biomarkers, and the use of devices monitoring sympathetic activity. Infrared thermography is an alternative that could be used to correlate the changes in the superficial temperature with other tools and thus be an additional or alternate acute pain assessment marker. Moreover, its non-invasiveness and the objective nature of its readout make it potentially very valuable. However, at the current time, it is not in widespread use as an assessment strategy. The present review discusses scientific evidence for infrared thermography as a tool to evaluate pain, limiting its use to monitor acute pain in pathological processes and invasive procedures, as well as its use for perioperative monitoring in domestic animals.

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Use of Infrared Thermography to Detect Intrasynovial Injections in Horses

Cited by 12 publications

References 14 publications

Heat Detection of Gilts Using Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging Camera

Heat Detection of Gilts Using Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging Camera

Thermal Imaging Following Exercise in Working Dogs

Assessment of Pain and Inflammation in Domestic Animals Using Infrared Thermography: A Narrative Review

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