Infrared thermography evaluation from the back region of healthy horses in controlled temperature room/Avaliacao termografica da regiao de coluna de cavalos saudaveis em sala com temperatura controlada

The infrared thermography is a diagnostic imaging tool, which measures the surface temperature of an object through its heat emission. It is a non-invasive method, painless, with no involvement of radiation. Horses have elevated incidence of back injuries which causes decrease in their performance....

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Published in:Ciência rural p. 1274
Main Authors: Pavelski, Mariana, Basten, Mardjory da Silva, Busato, Eduarda, Dornbusch, Peterson Triches
Format: Journal Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 01-07-2015
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Summary:The infrared thermography is a diagnostic imaging tool, which measures the surface temperature of an object through its heat emission. It is a non-invasive method, painless, with no involvement of radiation. Horses have elevated incidence of back injuries which causes decrease in their performance. A rapid and accurate diagnostic is essential to start the treatment. The aim of this paper was to establish the ideal time to the animal stay e inside a controlled room to balance their temperature and in the second time verify the thermographic temperature of specific back regions. It was studied fifteen healthy horses, being performed thermography of thoracic, lumbar and pelvic regions in four different times. There was a significant difference between the thermography performed outside and inside of the controlled temperature room. It was concluded that the ideal time to the horse stay into the controlled temperature room was thirty minutes and the mean thermographic temperatures of back regions, were obtained and can be used as parameters to identify injuries in other horses. Key words: diagnostic exam, thermographic temperatures, equine. A termografia infravermelha e uma ferramenta de diagnostico por imagem que afere a temperatura da superficie de um objeto por meio da emissao de calor por ele mesmo. E um metodo nao invasivo, indolor sem envolvimento de radiacao. Cavalos tem alta incidencia de lesoes na regiao de coluna, causando diminuicao em seu desempenho. Um diagnostico rapido e preciso e essencial para iniciar o tratamento. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estabelecer o tempo de permanencia ideal dos animais dentro de uma sala com temperatura controlada para o equilibrio de sua temperatura e, num segundo momento, verificar a temperatura termografica de regioes especificas. Foram estudados quinze cavalos saudaveis, sendo realizada a termografia toracica, lombar e pelvica em quatro tempos diferentes. Houve uma diferenca significativa entre a termografia realizada fora e dentro da sala de temperatura controlada. Concluiu-se que o tempo ideal de permanencia do cavalo na sala de temperatura controlada foi de trinta minutos e foram obtidas as temperaturas termograficas medias de cada regiao, que podem ser utilizados como parametros para identificar lesoes em outros cavalos. Palavras-chave: exame diagnostico, temperaturas termograficas, equinos.
ISSN:0103-8478
DOI:10.1590/0103-8478cr20140675