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Here is a stepwise guide to assessing the body temperature at the temporal artery using a temporal artery thermometer
Step 1: Perform hand hygiene and don a fresh pair of gloves to prevent cross-infection and ensure patient safety.
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Area of Science:

  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Animal Science
  • Biomedical Engineering

Background:

  • Broiler health status can be monitored via head surface temperature variations.
  • Manual temperature acquisition in thermography studies is time-consuming and labor-intensive.
  • Automated methods are needed for efficient and objective animal health assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate an algorithm for automatic extraction of broiler head surface temperature from thermal images.
  • To establish a foundation for an automated system for identifying febrile broilers.

Main Methods:

  • Captured 2185 thermal images from 20 broilers (15 experimental, 5 control).
  • Developed an algorithm using Adaptive K-means clustering and ellipse fitting to locate the broiler head.
  • Extracted maximum temperature within the head region as the surface temperature.

Main Results:

  • The algorithm correctly located broiler heads in 92.77% of thermal images.
  • The maximum error in extracted head surface temperature was less than 0.1 °C.
  • Distinct temperature trends were observed between experimental (inoculated) and control groups.

Conclusions:

  • The developed algorithm enables accurate and automated head surface temperature extraction in broilers.
  • This technology supports the development of non-invasive systems for early detection of fever in poultry.
  • Automated thermographic analysis offers a promising approach for objective broiler health monitoring.