Date of Award
1-19-2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Agriculture, MSA
First Advisor
William Humphrey
Committee Members
Donald Kennedy; Paul Armah
Call Number
LD251 .A566t 2011 I72
Abstract
This study was designed to determine if infrared thermometers (IRT) can provide temperature measurments at different body locations that are correlated with rectal temperature measurments in beef cattle. Data anaylsis indicated that measurements taken with IRTs were correlated with rectal temperatures taken at the tail and eye. Correlation coefficients between rectal temperatures and IRT temperatures obtained at different distances decreased as the distance increased. Measurements obtained with IRT2 were more highly correlated with rectal temperatures than those obtained using IRT1 because IRT2 has a better D-S Ratio (12:1) than the D-S Ratio (8:1) of IRT1. Of all the external factors evaluated in this study, wind speed and solar radiation had the greatest impact on IRT measurements. As wind speed increased, IRT temperature measurements decreased for measurements taken at both the eye and tail. Solar radiation significantly increased IRT temperature measurements at the tail; however, it did not affect IRT temperature measurements taken at the eye.
Rights Management
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Recommended Citation
Ismail, Sa`ad Mohammad, "Comparison Of Infrared Measurements of Body Temperature to Rectal Temperature in Beef Cattle" (2012). Student Theses and Dissertations. 895.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/895
