Pros and Cons of Infrared Thermography for Veterinary Science and Industry

Abstract

This editorial seeks to appraise the most critical pros and cons of Infrared thermography (IRT) as a promising technology for veterinary science and industry. This technology has the capability to detect thermal radiations from any surface of any object.1 What makes IRT special is its noninvasive and noncontact nature. Changes in skin temperature, indicating metabolic changes in underlying tissues, may be monitored by this technology.2,3 The temperature would depend on blood flow and tissue metabolism rate.4 Thus, the IRT could potentially examine and quantify physiology and health through monitoring overlying skin temperature changes.5 As such, the IRT may help diagnose and more importantly to prognose inflammation related to metabolic disorders such as laminitis and mastitis