Equine Thermography

[vigoureux]

I'm thinking of calling someone out who has a thermal imaging camera to do an exact pinpoint to see where my horse is sore, (he is not lame) before showing the horse to a vet.
They leave you with pictures of your horse which i was then going to pass onto the vet to then diagnose the problems and treat the horse.
Does anyone have any experiences with people looking at your horse with thermal cameras?
Was the pictures helpful when showing the vet to treat the horse?
Good or bad experiences please.

 

[kezimac]

very good - mine was just ever so slightly unlevel - i had to trot her up 6 times for vet to see it but i knew something not right - couldnt find anything had claire ellam out - she took pics took 20 mins. hot spot behind pastern (navicular area) showed vets did xrays and yes lo and behold early navicular !!! i'm glad i did as she is now sound with remedial shoes and no medication.

whereabouts are you....

claries site is http://www.theinnerpicture.com/

these are just a couple of my horse

 

[vigoureux]

The horse is stabled near Hinckley, Leicestershire.

Will have a look at website, thanks.

 

[swellhillcottage]

Be choosy - a friend of mine used a different company and got stung for a lot more money but the results were good of not the same as above company .

Sharonxx

 

[Sophie (E)]

I'm thinking of calling someone out who has a thermal imaging camera to do an exact pinpoint to see where my horse is sore, (he is not lame) before showing the horse to a vet.
They leave you with pictures of your horse which i was then going to pass onto the vet to then diagnose the problems and treat the horse.
Does anyone have any experiences with people looking at your horse with thermal cameras?
Was the pictures helpful when showing the vet to treat the horse?
Good or bad experiences please.

Hi I am an experienced equine Thermographer. We use a Meditherm vet thermal imaging camera, which is a very accurate way of graphically visualising your horse’s subjective feeling of pain. An experienced veterinary Thermologist interprets and diagnosis all of our scans. Thermal imaging can be very effective at pin pointing a location and detecting any problems before they are clinically evident.

Sophie

 

[Helen (m)]

Hi there,

I'm late joining this thread, but still hope that what I post is of some use to you all.

Firstly, I am so pleased to hear about Thermal Imaging being used to pinpoint problematic areas. It's a fantastic tool for this. Huge advances have been made in this field in the last few years - in terms of computer processing power, image resolution and thermographer training. Thanks to this thermography is now becomming accepted more widely amongst vets.

I would like to add a few salient questions that you should ask anyone before they come out to image your horse;
- Where did you train (did they receive training from Vets at a Vet School?)
- What is your background (do they have an indepth knowledge of physiology and anatomy, both of which are required to converse with your Vet)
- Do they work under Veterinary referral (only a Vet by law can diagnose an injury or illness)
- What is the specification of the camera used (only a resolution of 240x360 or greater, and a Rainbow High Contrast Palate are suitable in producing medically acceptable images).

Vigourex - I hope you've managed to find someone, and tracked down the problem.

 

[NELSON11]

I would contact Chris Colles at Avovnvale Vets in Banbury as they can do the Thermo scan then treat on site with their resident osetopath once diagnosed.