Validation of Lame Limb Identification Through Thermal Imaging
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H.R. Whay, M.J. Bell and D.C.J...
In: Lameness in Ruminants - International Symposium and Conference - Slovenia, 2004 by International Conference on Lameness in Ruminants
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FEB 15, 2004
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The limb temperature of 50 dairy cows was recorded through using a thermal camera. The locomotion of each cow was then observed and scored. Of the 25 cows found to have detectable hind limb lameness a significantly higher temperature was found on surface of the limb in which lameness was detected. This increased temperature found on the lame limb was detected not only in the region of the horn capsule but also further up the limb on the metatarsus and at the tarsal joint ...
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