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Prediction of Nocturnal Foaling Using Ventral Tail Base Surface Temperature Recorded by a Wearable Device Attached to the Mare's Tail.
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It is known that a mare's body temperature drops before parturition, but no research has yet applied this thermal change to the prediction of foaling. In this study, the ventral tail base surface temperature (VTB-ST) was recorded by a tail-attached device equipped with a thermistor in pregnant mares kept in an outdoor paddock all day. The objective of the present study was to make an algorithm for predicting nocturnal foaling (18:00 to 6:00) and to verify the accuracy of the algorithm. Prediction of nocturnal foaling was performed at 15:00 every day. The foaling prediction model was validated using 147 days of data recorded from 22 mares. The sensitivity of the foaling prediction model proposed in this study was 68.2 to 81.8% and the precision was 51.4 to 62.5%. To our knowledge, the present study is the first one to establish an algorithm for predicting nocturnal foaling at a specific time interval using VTB-ST. Further study will be necessary to improve the foaling prediction model, as the accuracy of the algorithm proposed in this study was considered to be insufficient for practical use in stud farms.
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