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theodore p hood
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Username: Floridah
Post Number: 1
Registered: 8-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, Sep 9, 2006 - 11:39 pm: |   |
do any of the "automatic" thermometers available for use on people work for horses?
it would be great to take a daily temp reading and learn of problems before other symptoms occur |
Janice
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Username: Osage
Post Number: 5
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, Sep 10, 2006 - 12:20 am: | |
Hi Theodore, welcome to the board.
I don't think the thermometer I have for horses is exactly what you're looking for but it's pretty nice.
It's a Raytec Minitemp, it costs around $55- $60. It's a laser digital thermometer. I use it to monitor leg temperatures. You aim it at the leg and pull the trigger, it gives an instant read. You can move the laser around on the leg structures and the temp. reading changes. It's almost like thermography.
I remember on one horse the cannon bone got really hot on a front leg. I mentioned it to my vet when he came to do an ultrasound. This made him strongly recommend an x-ray too, and a badly broken splint bone was found. I had surgery done on the gelding and since that time this thermometer has really helped me with the rehab. I check everyday before and after work, and that helps me to determine whether to increase or reduce the workload. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 16562
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Sunday, Sep 10, 2006 - 9:20 am: | |
Hello Theodore,
What type of thermometer do you mean when you say automatic? We have information on taking temps and other vital signs at, Diseases of Horses » First Aid » Taking Temperature, Pulse, and Respiration.
DrO |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 16563
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Sunday, Sep 10, 2006 - 9:22 am: | |
Opps I just saw the title and see you mean "infrared". None have been tested as a way to monitor core body temp.
DrO |
Shelley
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Username: Sswiley
Post Number: 237
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, Sep 10, 2006 - 11:05 pm: | |
Theodore
why dont you do your own study.
Get both and compare for a few days.
I know with my daughter the IR thermometer was a little more variable and tended to be right on or a little low. I used that in her ear and it varied on how you pointed it. |
