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Continuous Monitoring of Body Temperature in Pigs Using Non-Invasive Ear Canal Sensors

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Monitoring of the body temperature in animals kept under intensive production conditions is desirable for a number of reasons: oestrus detection, disease monitoring and stress indication in addition to more specific needs, such as the selection of breeding pigs resistant to malignant hyperthermia and for various research purposes.

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The study has been supported by grants from the Danish Agricultural and Veterinary Research Council.

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  1. The Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Department of Forensic and State Veterinary Medicine, and Department of Animal Science, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Bülowsvej 13, DK-1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark

    Preben Fogd Jørgensen, Preben Willeberg & Poul Jensen

  2. The National Institute of Animal Science, Research Centre Foulum, Denmark

    L. Lydehøj Hansen

  3. The Danish Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Denmark

    Allan Northeved

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Jørgensen, P.F., Willeberg, P., Jensen, P. et al. Continuous Monitoring of Body Temperature in Pigs Using Non-Invasive Ear Canal Sensors. Acta Vet Scand 27, 456–460 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03548159

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