Current Status of and Advances in Veterinary Thermography
A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 December 2023) | Viewed by 448
Special Issue Editor
Interests: veterinary medicine; animal physiology; anatomy; veterinary physiology; veterinary neurology; veterinary clinical neurophysiology; nociception; comparative neurophysiology; ventilation; thermoregulation; precision agriculture; non-invasive diagnosis
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Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
After animals have been injured to varying degrees, veterinarians may be hesitant to make treatment plans for them, as veterinarians often cannot determine the cause of a disease with the naked eye. Thermal imaging is an accurate, quantifiable, non-contact, and non-invasive diagnostic technique. Inspectors are able to observe and quantify the temperature changes on the skin surface of animal patients with the help of an infrared thermograph, which allows them to determine many health issues in animals through anomalies in the thermograph. Thermal imaging has been used in the diagnosis and treatment of animal cancers, central nervous system disorders, pain, arthritis, vascular disease, and soft-tissue injuries. It is a reliable and fast detection method. Because it does not require the sedation of animals, exposure to harmful radiation, or contact with animals, the technique is believed to reduce tensions between animals to the greatest extent and ensure animal welfare.
This Special Issue focuses on the application of thermal imaging in veterinary medicine. We invite and encourage researchers in this field to submit articles or review manuscripts on one or more different topics, including, but not limited to, physiological monitoring, welfare evaluation, disease detection, and future applications.
Dr. Cord M. Brundage
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- thermography
- physiology
- diseases
- surgical procedures
- pain
- stress
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