Infrared thermography - A non-invasive tool to evaluate thermal status of neonatal pigs based on surface temperature

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2026-2034

  Kammersgaard, T S ^a   Malmkvist, J ^a   Pedersen, L J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

hypothermia; infrared; neonatal pigs; rectal temperature; surface temperature; thermography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT; HYPOTHERMIA; INFRARED RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; THERMOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY TEMPERATURE; HYPOTHERMIA; INFRARED RAYS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84888102777     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731113001778     Document Type: Article

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