1. Different methods of assessing udder temperature through thermography and their relation with rectal temperature
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Renata Augusto Vieira, Darlene dos Santos Daltro, Concepta McManus, M. V. G. B. da Silva, Vivian Fischer, Helder Louvandini, Marcelo Tempel Stumpf, G. J. Kolling, Evelyn Priscila München Alfonzo, and Vanessa Calderaro Dalcin
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Maximum temperature ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Food Animals ,Thermography ,Correlation analysis ,Linear regression ,medicine ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Rectal temperature ,Lateral side ,Udder ,Mathematics ,Biomedical engineering - Abstract
Infrared thermography of the lateral side portion of the udder was taken from 38 lactating cows in a 6-day experiment. Thermograms were analyzed using specific software with the use of eight different methods. The experiment was aimed at correlating the different methods with each other and with rectal temperature (RT), in order to suggest a method to assess udder side temperature, and also at creating regression equations to enable RT calculation through the use of thermographic data. All methods of analyzing thermograms were highly correlated; correlations between thermograms and RT were significant (P
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- 2020
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