Infrared thermography of the udder surface of dairy cattle: Characteristics, methods, and correlation with rectal temperature

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-62

  Metzner, Moritz ^a   Sauter Louis, Carola ^a   Seemueller, Andrea ^a   Petzl, Wolfram ^a   Klee, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Mammary gland; Mastitis; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY; INOCULATION; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SOMATIC CELL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; UDDER; ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY; VETERINARY;

BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84893006058     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.10.030     Document Type: Article

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