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This chapter reviews the use of infrared thermography as a tool in precision livestock farming to assess livestock health. It assesses key challenges such as accounting to ambient environmental conditions as well as the development of infrared thermography technologies to address these challenges. The chapter includes a case study on the use of the technique to detect pre-clinical signs of bovine respiratory disease.
Price: $32.50
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Publication Date:
07 February 2022
ISBN: 9781801463744
Format: eBook
BISACs:
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Animal Husbandry, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture
1 Introduction 2 The use of thermal imaging techniques to monitor animal health 3 Accounting for ambient conditions 4 The use of infrared thermography for animal health monitoring 5 The development of infrared thermography technologies 6 Improving diagnostic accuracy 7 Case study: using infrared thermography to identify bovine respiratory disease 8 Conclusions 9 Future trends in research 10 Where to look for further information 11 References