APPLICATIONS OF INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY IN ANIMAL PRODUCTION

Yıl 2007, Cilt: 22 Sayı: 3, 329 - 336, 31.12.2007

İvana Knízková Petr Kunc Gürkan Gürdil Yunus Pınar K. Çağatay Selvi

Öz

This review presents the application and use of infrared thermography (IRT) in production animals. IRT is a
non-invasive and non-contact heat detecting technology. An infrared camera measures the emitted infrared radiation from an object and then uses this information to create images (thernograms). These thermograms are evaluated by a specially analyzing software program. In live organisms, changes in vascular circulation result in an increase or decrease in tissue temperature, which is then used to evaluate the situation in that area. But there are some limitations and factors that must be considered when using IRT (sunlight, moisture, dirt, weather conditions etc). IRT has been mainly used in veterinary medicine, primarily for diagnostic purposes, especially in the diagnosis of orthopaedic diseases in horses. But IRT can be very successfully used as tool for research on livestock, pig, cattle, sheep and poultry breeding,. Areas of research include reproduction, thermoregulation, animal welfare or milking process. All of the authors using IRT recommended this method which can produce important information where conventional diagnostic techniques have exhausted their possibilities.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Infrared thermography, Cattle, Pigs, Sheep, Poultry

HAYVANSAL ÜRETİMDE KIZILÖTESİ TERMOGRAF (TERMO-KAMERA) UYGULAMALARI

Öz

Bu çalışma hayvansal üretimde kızılötesi termograf (infrared termography; IRT) uygulamalarını özetlemektedir. IRT temas ve yayılma olmaksızın ısı algılamaya dayalı bir teknolojidir. Bir kızılötesi kamera nesnelerden yayılan kızılötesi ışınımı ölçer ve bu bilgileri görüntü oluşturmada kullanır. Bu görüntüler özel bir çözümleme yazılımı ile değerlendirilir. Canlı organizmalarda kan dolaşımındaki değişmeler doku sıcaklığının artması veya azalmasına neden olur ve bu sonuçlar o bölgedeki durum değerlendirilmesinde kullanılır. IRT kullanımında güneş ışığı, nem, kir ve hava şartları gibi bası kısıtlayıcı faktörleri göz önünde bulundurmak gerekir. IRT genellikle veterinerlikte tanı amaçlı olarak kullanılmış ve özelikle atlarda ortopedik rahatsızlıkların teşhisinde kullanılmıştır. Bununla birlikte bir araç olarak IRT, büyükbaş, koyun, domuz, kanatlı gibi çiftlik hayvanları üzerinde yapılan araştırmalarda da çok başarılı bir şekilde kullanılabilir. IRT’nin kullanımı ayrıca üreme, ısısal denge, hayvan sağlığı ve süt işleme gibi alanları da kapsamaktadır. IRT yöntemini kullanan bütün araştırmacılar geleneksel teşhis yöntemlerinin yetersiz kaldığı yerlerde bu yöntemi tavsiye etmektedirler

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kızılötesi termograf, Sığır, Domuz, Koyun, Kanatlı hayvanlar

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