Giggin Thyagaraj, Martin Kurisinkal D, Vebugopal Syam K, Anil Kundukulam S, Sreeranjini Arayinkaravattu R, Narayanan Mulluparambil K
Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, IND.
Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala, IND.
Cureus. 2024 Jul 27;16(7):e65533. doi: 10.7759/cureus.65533. eCollection 2024 Jul.
Objective To evaluate the variation in the area estimation under different mathematical calculations against measurement by a smartphone application in estimating the cutaneous wound areas in captive Asian elephants. Methods The study was conducted on captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) with cutaneous wounds reported to Veterinary Hospitals of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and elephant camps within and outside Kerala state (mostly southern states of India, namely, Kerala and Tamil Nadu) over the period September 2019 to October 2022. Thirty-five clinical cases diagnosed with skin wounds of different aetiologies at various parts of the body were subjected to measurement, and 111 measurements were taken using a smartphone application, Imito Measure (Imito AG, Zurich, Switzerland). Based on the outer wound perimeters hand-marked on the mobile screen over the image taken, Imito Measure calculated the length, width, perimeter, and area. The length and width measurements from this were applied to four mathematical models of wound measurements. Wound surface area calculations were further done by these models and were compared. Results The observed results indicated no significant difference between the five methods of area measurement in all the studied cases since the P > 0.05. Conclusion The findings revealed no significant difference between the five techniques of wound area measurement. From the practical clinical utility point, the smartphone application has an edge over the mathematical methods in animals, especially captive Asian elephants, as it has the major advantage of being non-contact and thus addresses some major welfare concerns.
目的 评估在估算圈养亚洲象皮肤伤口面积时，不同数学计算方法下的面积估算值与一款智能手机应用测量值之间的差异。方法 本研究于2019年9月至2022年10月期间，对向喀拉拉邦兽医与动物科学大学兽医院以及喀拉拉邦内外的大象营地（主要是印度南部各邦，即喀拉拉邦和泰米尔纳德邦）报告有皮肤伤口的圈养亚洲象（印度象）进行。对35例身体各部位诊断为不同病因皮肤伤口的临床病例进行测量，使用智能手机应用程序Imito Measure（瑞士苏黎世的Imito AG公司）进行了111次测量。基于在手机屏幕上拍摄图像上手动标记的伤口外周，Imito Measure计算了长度、宽度、周长和面积。将由此得到的长度和宽度测量值应用于四种伤口测量的数学模型。这些模型进一步进行伤口表面积计算并进行比较。结果 观察结果表明，在所有研究病例中，五种面积测量方法之间无显著差异，因为P>0.05。结论 研究结果显示，五种伤口面积测量技术之间无显著差异。从实际临床应用角度来看，智能手机应用在动物尤其是圈养亚洲象方面比数学方法更具优势，因为它具有非接触这一主要优点，从而解决了一些主要的福利问题。
