Preliminary Study on the Relationship Between Skin Temperature of Piglets Measured by Infrared Thermography and Environmental Temperature in a Vehicle in Transit

 

Mean

S.D.

Minimum

Maximum

July journey

 Temperature inside the vehicle (°C)

26.32

3.79

21.5

35.5

 Skin temperature (°C)

35.97

1.12

33.3

38.7

September journey

 Temperature inside the vehicle (°C)

22.27

3.31

16.0

27.7

 Skin temperature (°C)

38.13

0.87

36.0

39.9



Figure 32.1 shows the results of regression analysis. In both journeys, the relationship between skin temperatures and the temperatures inside the vehicle was linear (P < 0.001). The R 2 values were 0.44 and 0.57 in July and September, respectively. Data from both the months were tested up to a 5° polynomial regression, which did not increase the R 2 value obtained by the simple regression. It is interesting that the angular coefficients of the two equations were very similar (+0.1972 and +0.1992). Thus, in the range of temperatures recorded during the two transports, an increase of 1°C inside the vehicle resulted in an increase of the maximum skin temperature of 0.2°C. Figure 32.2 illustrates the trends of the maximum skin and internal vehicle temperatures during the two journeys. There was a comparable trend between skin and vehicle temperatures when the vehicle temperatures exceeded 25°C and 20°C during the journeys of July and September, respectively.
Sep 17, 2016 | Posted by in GENERAL | Comments Off on Preliminary Study on the Relationship Between Skin Temperature of Piglets Measured by Infrared Thermography and Environmental Temperature in a Vehicle in Transit

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