Adam D, Beard L, Johnston S D, Nicolson V, Lisle A, McKinnon A, Larkin R, Theilemann P, Gillett A, Brackin K, FitzGibbon S, Barth B, Ellis W
Wildlife Science Unit, School of Agricultural and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland 4343, Australia.
Dreamworld, Coomera, QLD, Australia.
Aust Vet J. 2018 Aug;96(8):308-311. doi: 10.1111/avj.12719.
Compare the use of four techniques to measure body temperature in koalas: intraperitoneal (thermal data logger and temperature sensitive radio transmitter), rectal (certified thermometer), tympanic (infrared thermometer), and hind foot (infrared camera).
The body temperature data collected concurrently from the intraperitoneal loggers were used as the benchmark in the analyses.
The rectal, foot and tympanic methods consistently recorded lower body temperature when compared with the benchmark. There was a strong positive relationship (R = 0.79) between logger and rectal measurements, but no significant relationship between logger and foot or logger and tympanic measurements.
Rectal measurements can be used to record internal body temperature, with the caveat that such measurements will generally register a temperature approximately 0.25°C lower than the actual intraperitoneal temperature.
比较四种测量树袋熊体温的技术:腹腔内测量(热数据记录器和温度敏感无线电发射器)、直肠测量(经认证的温度计)、鼓膜测量(红外温度计)和后足测量(红外摄像机)。
在分析中,将从腹腔内记录器同时收集的体温数据用作基准。
与基准相比,直肠、足部和鼓膜测量方法记录的体温始终较低。记录器与直肠测量之间存在强正相关关系(R = 0.79),但记录器与足部测量或记录器与鼓膜测量之间无显著关系。
直肠测量可用于记录体内温度,但需注意的是,此类测量通常记录的温度比实际腹腔温度低约0.25°C。