becky crp

becky crp

INFRARED IMAGING DISCOVERS SOURCE OF HORSE’S ONGOING BACK PAIN:
OVERRIDING DORSAL SPINOUS PROCESSES (KISSING SPINES)

FIELD REVIEW: A CASE STUDY Guinness is a 15-year old Thoroughbred gelding that is used as a Hunter horse and jumps to 2’ 6”. His owner requested infrared thermal imaging to assist with identifying the possible source of his persistent back pain.

With Thermal Imaging, an infrared detecting camera is used to read radiant heat emitted by an object to create a graphic map of the radiant heat coming from the surface. When used to image horses, the thermal image gives a visual depiction of underlying circulatory levels of the body, providing an objective view of the subjective feeling of pain, and providing the ability to ‘see what the horse feels’.

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