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Thermographic Imaging of the Superficial Temperature in Racing Greyhounds before and after the Race

Table 1

Averages ± SD as well as minimum (min) and maximum (max) superficial temperatures obtained from the thermographic images. Measurement points (MPs) for the left and right leg: (1) musculus gastrocnemius, (2) tendo calcaneus, (3) musculus biceps femoris portio caudalis, and (4) musculus gracilis. values are for differences before and after the race for each measurement point and distance estimated from the primary statistical models.


			Thermographic images ()
			Before race		After race
Day	Meters	MP	Left leg	Right leg	Left leg	Right leg	value
			Mean ± SD (min, max)	Mean ± SD (min, max)	Mean ± SD (min, max)	Mean ± SD (min, max)

July	325	1	33.8 ± 1.2 (32.2, 35.6)	33.8 ± 1.3 (31.9, 35.5)	34.5 ± 1.7 (31.6, 37.4)	34.5 ± 1.7 (31.0, 37.7)
Sep.	325	1	31.6 ± 1.9 (26.2, 33.8)	31.5 ± 2.0 (25.7, 33.4)	32.0 ± 1.4 (29.3, 34.8)	33.1 ± 1.1 (31.6, 35.0)	0.002
July	325	2	30.6 ± 2.1 (26.6, 33.1)	30.7 ± 2.2 (26.9, 33.9)	29.5 ± 2.3 (26.8, 33.2)	29.6 ± 2.3 (26.3, 34.4)
Sep.	325	2	24.7 ± 4.3 (18.1, 32.6)	24.1 ± 4.4 (14.8, 31.0)	26.3 ± 3.0 (18.4, 29.8)	27.1 ± 3.3 (18.6, 30.4)	0.285
July	325	3	33.2 ± 2.5 (28.4, 36.2)	33.3 ± 2.4 (28.9, 36.6)	32.8 ± 3.7 (26.4, 37.9)	33.3 ± 3.8 (26.2, 38.7)
Sep.	325	3	29.9 ± 3.7 (23.4, 35.1)	29.8 ± 3.4 (22.9, 35.7)	31.6 ± 3.3 (25.9, 36.8)	31.5 ± 3.1 (25.3, 36.0)	0.043
July	325	4	35.6 ± 0.8 (34.0, 36.8)	35.5 ± 1.0 (32.7, 36.9)	36.6 ± 1.1 (35.1, 38.3)	36.6 ± 0.9 (35.5, 38.4)
Sep.	325	4	32.8 ± 3.1 (25.2, 35.9)	32.9 ± 2.6 (27.7, 35.9)	34.7 ± 1.4 (31.2, 36.4)	34.3 ± 1.1 (31.6, 35.9)	<0.001

July	495	1	34.6 ± 1.1 (32.5, 36.2)	34.4 ± 1.0 (32.7, 35.8)	34.9 ± 1.0 (33.4, 36.5)	35.2 ± 0.9 (33.6, 36.4)
Sep.	495	1	31.1 ± 0.8 (29.9, 31.5)	31.5 ± 0.6 (31.0, 32.4)	31.2 ± 1.3 (29.4, 32.6)	32.7 ± 0.9 (31.6, 33.8)	0.003
July	495	2	30.6 ± 2.1 (27.0, 34.0)	31.2 ± 2.5 (27.1, 35.1)	28.9 ± 1.7 (25.4, 31.7)	29.8 ± 1.8 (26.1, 32.5)
Sep.	495	2	24.5 ± 3.6 (20.7, 29.0)	24.6 ± 3.3 (21.5, 27.9)	23.2 ± 4.1 (18.5, 28.6)	24.8 ± 4.0 (21.3, 30.6)	0.003
July	495	3	34.9 ± 1.4 (31.1, 36.6)	35.0 ± 1.2 (32.0, 36.6)	34.7 ± 2.1 (29.7, 37.8)	34.9 ± 1.7 (31.7, 38.2)
Sep.	495	3	30.3 ± 2.7 (27.7, 34.0)	28.4 ± 2.5 (26.4, 31.8)	31.5 ± 2.3 (29.8, 34.9)	29.5 ± 3.7 (25.6, 34.5)	0.629
July	495	4	35.7 ± 0.4 (34.8, 36.4)	35.8 ± 0.3 (35.3, 36.2)	36.7 ± 0.8 (35.7, 38.3)	37.0 ± 0.9 (35.7, 38.7)
Sep.	495	4	34.1 ± 0.7 (32.6, 34.2)	33.9 ± 0.6 (33.2, 34.4)	34.9 ± 2.2 (29.9, 34.4)	34.8 ± 0.4 (33.6, 34.5)	<0.001

July	560	1	33.5 ± 1.2 (31.8, 34.9)	33.7 ± 1.4 (31.4, 35.8)	34.3 ± 1.5 (32.1, 36.4)	34.7 ± 1.3 (32.5, 36.5)	0.005
July	560	2	28.3 ± 1.1 (27.2, 29.8)	28.4 ± 1.0 (27.4, 30.3)	29.4 ± 2.4 (25.6, 32.6)	28.1 ± 4.7 (17.8, 33.4)	0.683
July	560	3	34.7 ± 1.5 (31.1, 35.9)	34.7 ± 1.6 (30.9, 36.2)	34.3 ± 2.9 (30.4, 37.4)	34.3 ± 2.1 (30.5, 36.6)	0.447
July	560	4	35.5 ± 1.3 (33.1, 37.0)	35.3 ± 1.2 (32.6, 37.1)	35.7 ± 1.3 (33.0, 36.8)	36.1 ± 1.4 (33.6, 37.7)	0.115

Sep.	785	1	30.6 ± 1.0 (29.1, 32.2)	30.4 ± 1.0 (29.1, 31.6)	32.6 ± 0.9 (31.4, 33.8)	32.5 ± 0.9 (31.5, 33.4)	<0.001
Sep.	785	2	21.8 ± 3.4 (18.3, 28.3)	22.8 ± 3.2 (18.1, 28.2)	23.9 ± 2.6 (20.5, 28.4)	24.3 ± 3.0 (20.7, 29.4)	0.153
Sep.	785	3	31.9 ± 2.0 (28.9, 34.5)	32.0 ± 1.6 (29.4, 33.6)	33.9 ± 2.2 (31.9, 37.6)	33.1 ± 3.2 (27.9, 37.4)	0.053
Sep.	785	4	33.4 ± 1.4 (31.6, 35.2)	33.4 ± 1.2 (32.1, 35.4)	35.4 ± 1.1 (34.3, 37.1)	35.6 ± 1.2 (34.0, 36.9)	0.005