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dc.contributor.authorJørgensen, Grete Helen Meisfjord
dc.contributor.authorMejdell, Cecilie Marie
dc.contributor.authorBøe, Knut Egil
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-11T11:24:10Z
dc.date.available2020-11-11T11:24:10Z
dc.date.created2020-01-07T11:08:48Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Thermal Biology. 2020, 87, 102474en_US
dc.identifier.issn0306-4565
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2687359
dc.description.abstractHorse owners may lack knowledge about natural thermoregulation mechanisms in horses. Horses are managed intensively; usually stabled at night and turned out during the day. Some are clipped and many wear a blanket, practices which reduce the horse's ability to regulate heat dissipation. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between hair coat characteristics, body condition and infrared surface temperatures from different body parts of horses. Under standard conditions, the body surface temperature of 21 adult horses were investigated using infrared thermography. From several readings on the same body part, a mean temperature was calculated for each body part per horse. Detailed information on horse breed, age, management and body condition was collected. Hair coat samples were also taken for analyses. A mixed statistical model was applied. Warmblood horse types (WB) had lower hair coat sample weights and shorter hair length than coldblood horse types (CB). The highest radiant surface temperatures were found at the chest 22.5 ± 0.9 °C and shoulders 20.4 ± 1.1 °C and WB horses had significantly higher surface temperatures than CB horses on the rump (P < 0.05). Horses with a higher hair coat sample weight had a lower surface temperature (P < 0.001) and hind hooves with iron shoes had a significant lower surface temperature than unshod hind hooves (P = 0.03). In conclusion, individual assessment of radiant surface temperature using infrared thermography might be a promising tool to gather data on heat loss from the horses' body. Such data may be important for management advice, as the results showed individual differences in hair coat characteristics and body condition in horses of similar breeds.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.titleEffects of hair coat characteristics on radiant surface temperature in horsesen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionacceptedVersionen_US
dc.source.pagenumber8en_US
dc.source.volume87en_US
dc.source.journalJournal of Thermal Biologyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jtherbio.2019.102474
dc.identifier.cristin1767515
dc.relation.projectNorges forskningsråd: 218961en_US
dc.source.articlenumber102474en_US
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