Termografia infravermelha de ovelhas com acidose lática rumenal aguda.

Abstract

This dissertation consists of two chapters that approach the infrared thermography in sheep. The first chapter is a bibliographical review on the principles and precautions in the production of thermograms, with illustrations in the sheep species. The second chapter refers to a thermographic study of sheep with ruminal lactic acidosis where infrared thermography was used in an attempt to help diagnose this digestive dysfunction. Thermograms were performed in the flank region, with a thermal mean of 34.21 ± 1.90 ºC, and in the ocular region, with an average of 36.50 ± 0.81 ºC. There was no changing in the formation of the thermographic image and in the thermal mean between the control and test animals under the conditions of this experiment.