@article{Barbieri_Talamonti_Nannoni_Heinzl_Minero_Canali_2021, title={Use of thermography in pigs: relationship between surface and core temperature}, volume={57}, url={https://veterinariaitaliana.izs.it/index.php/VetIt/article/view/1077}, DOI={10.12834/VetIt.1077.5873.2}, abstractNote={<p>This study aims to assess the correlation between surface temperature estimated by infrared thermography and core temperature measured with rectal thermometer in weaning and fattening pigs. A total of 108 pigs were used in this study. Thermal images of the eye of each animal were recorded with a thermal imaging camera, rectal temperatures were measured using a calibrated digital thermometer. The average rectal temperature was 38.9 ± 0.4 °C (MIN = 37.9 °C; MAX = 40.1 °C) and the average eye temperature was 36.7 ± 0.1 °C (MIN = 34.8 °C; MAX = 38.8 °C). Our results showed that the mean eye temperature estimated by infrared thermography was significantly correlated (r = .581, P < .01) with rectal temperature. The correlation was significant and strong for weaners (r = .739, P < .01), significant although weak for fatteners (r = .236 P < .05). Thermography could be a valid method to estimate the core temperature of pigs under farm condition.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Veterinaria Italiana}, author={Barbieri, Sara and Talamonti, Zita and Nannoni, Eleonora and Heinzl, Eugenio Ugo Luigi and Minero, Michela and Canali, Elisabetta}, year={2021}, month={May}, pages={79–82} }