Use of infrared thermometry and effect of otitis externa on external ear canal temperature in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 76-79

  Huang, Hui Pi ^a   Shih, Hui Mei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; METABOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMOMETER;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; INFRARED RAYS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OTITIS EXTERNA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0032111956     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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