Table 2 Spearman’s correlation coefficients between ambient temperature (ϑAmb), rectal temperature and infrared (IR) thermographic measurements in 14 cows determined on the day of surgery and during the postoperative phase
From: Postoperative wound assessment in cattle: How reliable is the back hand palpation?
Comparative parameters | r | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
Ambient temperature (ϑAmb) | Mean skin temperature of the reference area using IR thermography (ϑRA) | 0.71 | < 0.001 |
Ambient temperature (ϑAmb) | Mean skin temperature of the wound area using IR thermography (ϑWA) | 0.69 | < 0.001 |
Ambient temperature (ϑAmb) | IR thermographic temperature difference Δϑ (ϑWA-ϑRA) | -0.51 | < 0.001 |
Rectal temperature | Mean skin temperature of the reference area using IR thermography (ϑRA) | 0.28 | < 0.001 |