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Carter, A.J. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-6216-2377, Dimitrova, A. and Hall, E.J. ORCID: 0000-0002-9978-8736,
2019.
Field testing two animal-specific non-contact thermometers on healthy horses.
Veterinary Nursing Journal, 34 (4), pp. 96-101.
ISSN 1741-5349
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Abstract
This study investigated the accuracy of two animal specific non-contact infrared thermometers (Rycom and Thermofocus) when compared to rectal temperature in healthy horses. One hundred rectal and eye temperatures were measured in 22 horses. Fewer than 50% of the readings taken with the Thermofocus device were within ± 0.5°C of rectal temperature. Over 80% of eye temperature readings taken with the Rycom device were within ± 0.5°C of rectal temperature measured from the medial canthus region. The Rycom thermometer also appears to detect hyperthermia when measuring the left eye temperature; however, clinical patient testing is needed before its use can be recommended.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||
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| Publication Title: | Veterinary Nursing Journal | ||||
| Creators: | Carter, A.J., Dimitrova, A. and Hall, E.J. | ||||
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||
| Date: | 2019 | ||||
| Volume: | 34 | ||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||
| ISSN: | 1741-5349 | ||||
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| Divisions: | Schools > School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences | ||||
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher | ||||
| Date Added: | 09 May 2019 08:40 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2020 03:00 | ||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/36439 |
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