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Table 1 Comparison of threshold temperature

From: Evaluation of contact heat thermal threshold testing for standardized assessment of cutaneous nociception in horses - comparison of different locations and environmental conditions

 

Warm ambient

Cold ambient

p-value

  

Temperature (n = 60)

Temperature (n = 47)

 

Nostril

TT (°C)

51.1 ± 3.40

54.5 ± 3.90

0.0376

TE %

74.3 ± 15.2

90.2 ± 15.3

0.0074

Withers

TT (°C)

49.9 ± 4.00

53.9 ± 3.80

0.0164

TE %

68.9 ± 18.0

87.7 ± 15.4

0.0025

Coronary band

TT (°C)

53.2 ± 4.30

49.3 ± 6.30

0.0004

TE %

83.3 ± 18.8

74.5 ± 17.7

0.0097

  1. Mean ± standard deviation of threshold temperature (°C) and percentage thermal excursion (TE %) at the nostrils, withers and coronary band of 5 horses during warm and cold ambient temperatures (n = 60, without differentiation of place or time of the day). Data of 13 measurements at the coronary band during cold ambient temperatures (n = 47) had to be excluded because neither end-point nor cut-out temperature could be reached.