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Thermal Imaging for Equine Diagnoses
With their natural tendency to mask pain and lameness developed over thousands of years to protect themselves in the wild, problems in horses are notoriously difficult to detect. Thermal imaging is changing all that, providing veterinarians with a non-invasive means of detecting heat variations and allowing them to analyse and understand various problems in a horse’s joints, tendons and hooves.
Research has shown that the subtle temperature anomalies revealed by thermography can provide an early indication of inflammatory changes in soft tissue, revealing the onset of inflammation in joints and tendons up to two weeks before the clinical appearance of lameness, allowing veterinarians to confirm and document problems before they develop into complications or more serious injury.
Practitioners who have used thermal imaging say an infrared camera is an invaluable tool for equine diagnoses.
Equitherm Diagnostics offers a full imaging service to horse owners, trainers, and breeders and an extensive training programme for equine Vets, Physiotherapists, Therapy professionals and trainers looking to add Thermography to their range of services or increase their current level of expertise.