Short Communication: Correlation of Thermographic Ocular and Auricular Temperatures with Rectal Temperature in Anesthetized Dogs

Table 1

Statistical evaluation of the temperature measurements.

Temperature (°C)	Rectal	Ocular	Auricular
Mean ± SD (95% CI)	38.98 ± 0.24	34.48 ± 0.88	34.13 ± 1.97
	(38.72–39.24)	(33.56–35.41)	(32.06–36.21)
	d ± 1.96 s	Sd	Compliance limits
Ocular vs. rectal	−4.50	0.82	−2.88	−6.12
Auricular vs. rectal	−4.85	2.07	−0.79	−8.91
Ocular vs. auricular	0.35	2.15	4.57	−3.87

Sd: standard deviation.