An evaluation of the application of infrared thermal imaging to the tele-diagnosis of sarcoptic mange in the Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 111-117

  Arenas, Antonio J ^a   Gomez F ^b   Salas, Ricardo ^b   Carrasco, Pedro ^a   Borge, Carmen ^a   Maldonado, Alfonso ^a   O’Brien, Dermot J ^c   Martinez Moreno F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Infrared thermography; Sarcoptic mange; Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica); Tele diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INFESTATION; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SKIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SCABIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; THERMOGRAPHY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA PYRENAICA;

EID: 0037121026     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00248-0     Document Type: Article

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