Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Israel Journal of Veterinary Medicine, cilt.69, ss.20-23, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
The infrared thermal camera is a sensitive and non-invasive tool for detecting temperature changes. In this experiment, the temperature of the cornea and extremities were measured in 25 healthy horses ranging from 3 to 21 years old (19 Arabian, 6 Thoroughbred; 6 female and 19 male; 11 chestnut, 6 bay, 8 gray; 6 stallion, 19 sporting) to determine effects of breed, coat color, and rearing purposes using infrared thermography. Data were analyzed by using Student's t-test and Tukey's range test. There was no difference in cornea temperature due to breed, skin coat color and rearing purpose; the mean corneal temperature was 32.58 +/- 0.13 degrees C. There were no breed differences in extremity regions' skin surfaces. Forelimb coronary corium temperature in gray horses (30.79 +/- 0.51 degrees C) was lower than that for bay (32.20 +/- 0.49 degrees C) and chestnut (32.09 +/- 0.18 degrees C) horses. Sporting horses had 1-2 degrees C higher coronary corium, heel bulb, metacarpal, sesamoid bone temperatures than stallions. It was concluded that the extremity skin surface temperature was higher in sporting horses and lower in gray horses, possibly due to increased blood flow.