Infrared thermography as a non-invasive tool to study animal welfare

Animal Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-325

  Stewart, Mairi ^a   Webster, J R ^a   Schaefer, A L ^b   Cook, N J ^c   Scott, S L ^d  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Infrared thermography; Non invasive techniques; Remote sampling; Stress measurement

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEART RATE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INFECTION; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 27844485184     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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