Goodwin Susan
Veterinary Medicine Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1425 Porter Street, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5011.
Contemp Top Lab Anim Sci. 1998 May;37(3):51-55.
Body temperature of goats, horses, and sheep was measured, using 3 methods. Tympanic temperature was measured with a tympanic infrared thermometer, subcutaneous temperature was measured with an implantable microchip transponder, and rectal temperature was measured with a digital thermometer. For goats, rectal and subcutaneous temperatures were significantly higher than tympanic temperatures, but rectal and subcutaneous temperatures did not differ significantly. For horses and sheep, rectal temperatures were significantly higher than tympanic and subcutaneous temperatures, and tympanic temperatures were significantly higher than subcutaneous temperatures. Tympanic infrared thermometry correlated well with traditional rectal thermometry in goats and sheep and should be considered as a viable alternative in those species. Additionally, implantable microchip transponders in goats could be used, because those temperatures also correlated well with temperatures derived by rectal thermometry. Due to the poor correlation with rectal thermometry and reaction of some animals to insertion of the tympanic probe, neither of the alternative methods appear to be useful in horses at this time. Tympanic infrared thermometers and implantable microchip transponders were convenient to use and allowed temperature measurements to be obtained more rapidly than when rectal thermometers were used.
采用3种方法测量了山羊、马和绵羊的体温。使用鼓膜式红外温度计测量鼓膜温度，使用植入式微芯片应答器测量皮下温度，使用数字温度计测量直肠温度。对于山羊，直肠温度和皮下温度显著高于鼓膜温度，但直肠温度和皮下温度之间没有显著差异。对于马和绵羊，直肠温度显著高于鼓膜温度和皮下温度，且鼓膜温度显著高于皮下温度。在山羊和绵羊中，鼓膜红外测温法与传统直肠测温法相关性良好，在这些物种中应被视为一种可行的替代方法。此外，山羊体内的植入式微芯片应答器也可使用，因为这些温度与直肠测温法得出的温度也具有良好的相关性。由于与直肠测温法相关性较差以及一些动物对鼓膜探头插入的反应，目前这两种替代方法在马身上似乎都不太有用。鼓膜式红外温度计和植入式微芯片应答器使用方便，与使用直肠温度计时相比，能更快地获得温度测量值。
