Estimating the body temperature of groups of pigs by thermal imaging

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 331-334

  Warriss, P D ^a   Pope, S J ^a   Brown, S N ^a   Wilkins, L J ^a   Knowles, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33645302940     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.10.331     Document Type: Article

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