Evaluation of a Novel Infrared Thermography Projection to Assess Udder Health in Primigravid Dairy Heifers.

Patrícia B A Simões, Lorenzo Viora, Pieter T Pepler, Timothy Geraghty, Dominic J McCafferty, Ruth N Zadoks

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Patrícia B A SimõesDepartment of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK.

Lorenzo VioraSchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8972-1327

Pieter T PeplerSchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2961-6573

Timothy GeraghtyScotland's Rural College, Veterinary Services, Craibstone Estate, Aberdeen AB21 9YA, UK.

Dominic J McCaffertySchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G61 1QH, UK.

Ruth N ZadoksSydney School of Veterinary Science, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Camden, NSW 2570, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1164-8000

University of Glasgow · GBScotland's Rural College · GBThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Scholarship funding provided by University of Glasgow - School of Veterinary Medicine, Firm of Robert Neill and Barr Farms Ltd

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Abstract

Heifer mastitis in early lactation impacts negatively on animal welfare, milk production and longevity. A major challenge for the prevention and control of mastitis in dairy heifers is to establish when intramammary infection occurs because pre-partum secretum sampling is risky. We evaluated a ventrodorsal projection to capture thermal images of the entire udder of primigravid and compared results against caudocranial projection, which is used in lactating cattle. Based on the analysis of 119 heifers and images taken at 2 months and 2 weeks pre-partum, a very strong positive correlation (

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dairy heiferinfrared thermographyprimigravidudderventrodorsal projection

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PMID36496931

DOI10.3390/ani12233410

PMCPMC9738602

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