Equine Thermography

[Blaise]

Hi guys, posting this in here too as not much action in veterinary today. Has anyone heard of or used Equine Thermography? I found an article on it in a magazine today and was wondering if it's any good, or if it's a bit of a waste of time? It's not Scintigraphy, which is what i thought at first glance, when i read the article properly it's not a vet that does it, but a thermal imaging technician, can be done at your yard and is carried out with a kind of hand held thermal imaging camera (or at least thats how it appears) and the horse isn't injected with anything like they would be for Scintigraphy. As you may have seen in previous posts my mare is cold backed and has been a bit stiff/footy behind. We weren't sure if she was sore footed, so have had back shoes on and she's improved straight away but still seems a bit stiff. Vet has mentioned bone spavin and x-rays if back shoes didn't help. Was just wondering if this technique may be useful, for both hocks and to find any hot spots in her back that may be causing problems? This is the website for anyone who is more knowledegable that me, maybe you can see more of the pro's/con's to it? (hope i'm allowed to post links...)

http://www.equinethermography.co.uk/index.php

 

[thatsmygirl]

Fantasic and well worth the money, I had my lad done a couple off weeks back due to extreme behaviour under saddle. It was a vet who done mine ( colin duncan) full body cost £50. Very interesting to watch. My lad showed up with very bad teeth and back spot in back which vet was kissing spine which has been confirmed via x rays. You will get the print outs in the post so even if it's not a vet who does it you can pass them to your vet who than knows what area to look at. It's totally brill and can't rate it enough. Any questions feel free to ask