Equi-Thermo

The effeciveness of Thermography in Equine Applications

This image wastaken on the 14/08/11 after 3 months of restshowing clearlywhere she injuredherself.

Maissa du Pech

This image was taken on the 02/11/11 after 6 monthsrest and show clearly thatboth legs are now the sametemperature.

Maissa du Pech

This horse fell in histrailer.

This image taken 2 weeksafter the accident – His nearhind was shaved to bettertreat his open wounds. Hisoff hind looked normal but showed thermal heat whichprobably indicates bruising.

This horse hadinfiltrations to the kneeon the 08/11/12 –Two weeks before thisimage was taken. He had two infiltrations to the front of the kneeand one to the

The treatment was for a tendon problem justbelow the back of the knee.

We can see where the infiltrations werecarried out and note that his whole knee ishotter than the nearside knee.

Image taken 24/11/11Two weeks after thishorse had Infiltrations

Image taken 03/01/12

8 weeks after the Infiltrations

The sites of Infiltration stillvisiable Two monthslater and the knee isstill warmer.

Image taken 20/01/12

10 weeks after the Infiltrations

The sites of Infiltration are still visiable, but seem to be cooler.

The near front hoofis showing hot.

I was normal in the first image dated24/11/11.Seemed slightly

warmer in the image of the 03/01/11 and isnow showing muchhotter.

The same horse

We are now looking athis off hind, this hot spot was apparent in the first images I tookon the 24/11/11

The off hind from a different angle.

Same horse

The same horse

10 weeks later andThe hot spot is muchCooler with just a slightTrace.

This horse showedthis hot spot to it’snear fore on the 03/01/12 and itwas still hot the dayafter 04/01/12, however images taken on the 20/01/12 showesnothing.

I assume it was a knock of some sort.

The same horse again

He had an infection which showed up on these images 4 days before they became apparent to the naked eye.

This horse was slightly lame.

This horse is slightly lame

This image shows heat to the off front heal area of the hoof.

To be diagnosed.

Horse with hot hocks.

This horse shows a hot hock with an unusual heatpattern.

To bediagnosed.

The samehorse.

A horse with back problems.

To be diagnosed

This horse is lame

To be diagnosed.

The same horse from a differentangle.

Horse with a susspected hoofabcess.

We can see the heatup as far as his knee.

This photo was takenin a sand school and this is not ideal as itdoes not allow for the hooves to beplaced flat.

This horse has been treated with a Blister for a tendon problem –Nothing was visiable to the naked eye but hereis quite clear.

Horse treated with a Blister product

This horse would not / could not lower hishead to eat.

Nothing of note wasobserved appart fromthe fact that he has occular heat around hisnear side eye. This wasapparent in otherimages and I have never seen this before.

The vet attended 4 days later but wasunable to diagnose as by then the horse waseating normally.te

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