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Over millennia of evolutionary time, horses have evolved with an ingrained tendency to mask pain and lameness to protect themselves in the wild. This makes the veterinarian's task of detecting, diagnosing, and treating a problem with a horse, whether recreational, racing, or show, extremely challenging.
Researched and perfected over years of study and practice, today's infrared
cameras are extremely effective non-invasive diagnostic tools. Subtle thermal
anomalies detected by a FLIR ThermaCAM infrared camera can be sensitive
indicators of early inflammatory change in soft tissues. Thermographs can detect
the onset of inflammatory reaction in joints and tendons up to two weeks prior
to clinical appearance of lameness, and enable the practitioner to instantly
visualize neurovascular changes and demonstrate the efficacy of vaso-active
substances.
Equine thermography is a well-documented, powerful,
non-invasive diagnostic modality that can help the veterinarian detect, confirm,
and document a problem BEFORE the onset of complications and a more serous
injury. Before thermography, veterinarians could rely only on observation or
palpation to locate a problem, but with equine thermography, an abnormality can
be defined as a thermographic or infrared anomaly that identifies stress before
the onset of damage. Practitioners who have used infrared thermography say that
every equine practitioner should have an infrared camera for equine diagnosis.
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