2016 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program

The accuracy of the study thermometers was excellent with average temperature differences of 0.067 AE 0.064 and 0.066 AE 0.054 and ranging from À0.28 to +0.15 and from À0.22 to +0.1 with and without sheath respectively. In the field study, the difference of the temperatures measured with and without sheaths were within the À0.1 and +0.1°C range for 80% of the measurements. Moreover, these differences were ≤À0.5°C and ≥ +0.5°C for 3 and 5 dogs respectively. Except for the body condition score none of the explanatory variables studied were significantly associated with the differences measured suggesting that the differences were more important in overweight dogs that in normal dogs with average differences of À0.087 and À0.009°C respectively (P = 0.013).