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Use of temperature sensitive microchip transponders to monitor body temperature and pyrexia in Thoroughbred foals
Dissertation (MSc (Veterinary Science))--University of Pretoria, 2009.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/22799 Use of temperature sensitive microchip transponders to monitor body temperature and pyrexia in Thoroughbred foals Guthrie, Alan John Thompson, P.N. (Peter N.) jdgrewar@gmail.com Grewar, John Duncan Microchip Scan Equine encephalosis Core temperature trend Pyrexia Foals Thoroughbred horse UCTD Dissertation (MSc (Veterinary Science))--University of Pretoria, 2009. The aim of this study was to evaluate temperature data collected from Thoroughbred foals between birth and shortly after weaning. It provides a valuable survey with epidemiological conclusions providing insight into the temperature trends and pyretic occurrences of Thoroughbred foals during this age period. Temperature data were collected using telemetry from temperature sensitive microchips implanted into newborn foals. The system of inputting and storing temperature data was completely electronic and this study evaluated this system. It was found that this system was stable and allowed the evaluation of large amounts of frequently acquired data with little human intervention. The data obtained resulted in the valuable evaluation of age associated body temperature trends within the foals as well as providing an indication of the extent and epidemiology of pyrexia within the study cohort. The system of evaluating temperatures based both on the individual day value as well as on each individual foals prior series of temperatures shows that the use of these two criteria can be utilised simultaneously. The study provides basic information which future researchers using similar systems can use to objectively set criteria for pyrexia. An outbreak of equine encephalosis also occurred during the study period and this provided much needed prospective epidemiological information for such an outbreak, something which has not previously been documented. Copyright Production Animal Studies unrestricted 2013-09-06T13:47:18Z 2010-03-12 2013-09-06T13:47:18Z 2009-11-27 2010-03-12 2010-02-24 Dissertation Grewar, JD 2009, Use of temperature sensitive microchip transponders to monitor body temperature and pyrexia in Thoroughbred foals, MSc (Veterinary Science) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22799 > E10/26/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22799 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02242010-205855/ © 2009, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Microchip Scan Equine encephalosis Core temperature trend Pyrexia Foals Thoroughbred horse UCTD Use of temperature sensitive microchip transponders to monitor body temperature and pyrexia in Thoroughbred foals |
| title | Use of temperature sensitive microchip transponders to monitor body temperature and pyrexia in Thoroughbred foals |
| title_full | Use of temperature sensitive microchip transponders to monitor body temperature and pyrexia in Thoroughbred foals |
| title_fullStr | Use of temperature sensitive microchip transponders to monitor body temperature and pyrexia in Thoroughbred foals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of temperature sensitive microchip transponders to monitor body temperature and pyrexia in Thoroughbred foals |
| title_short | Use of temperature sensitive microchip transponders to monitor body temperature and pyrexia in Thoroughbred foals |
| title_sort | use of temperature sensitive microchip transponders to monitor body temperature and pyrexia in thoroughbred foals |
| topic | Microchip Scan Equine encephalosis Core temperature trend Pyrexia Foals Thoroughbred horse UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22799 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02242010-205855/ |