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Is Thermal Imaging a 'Gimmick'

Well of course there would be an emphatic 'NO' from me, and probably not for the reasons you would expect.

I suspect their are a fair amount of New Zealand horse owners who agree wholeheartedly with me also, having experienced the benefits for themselves and their horses.

However I understand that the general horse public are sick to death of having the 'latest and greatest' shoved down their throats, with claims it will solve all their problems, and not delivering anything but an empty bank account...   It seems that these days there is a lotion and potion for everything, all at a cost of course, and many of these things require unrelenting faith that they just will work. Of course I have an unfair advantage, I can check and see if they work - double edged though, as I cant tell you the results!

Anyway the question of allergies has come up, and in a roundabout way I have actually seen a few horses with sinus issues, I have been given permission to post these pictures of a horse with a sinus infection.

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And next is one of mine tonight - that doesnt have an infection.

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(and all the rest lined up in the background, wondering what on earth I was doing!)

There is nothing that Thermal Imaging doesnt show, and I am not aware of any other diagnostic that can show issues on bone/ligament/muscle/hoof/tendon/and internal organs if inflamed all in the one non invasive extremely short time frame. I see horses all the time that have been Xray'd all over, or scanned or worse, these other procedures all focus on one area and miss the rest, and realistically its like throwing a dart in a haystack knowing where to begin.

There are times where I advise that  wont be much help, allergies is probably a good example, yes I can show an inflamed sinus or glands, but that doesnt help find what the allergen is! Also laminitis is another one, yes it shows clearly, but if its been diagnosed, all you will get is pictures of what you knew, however I often get asked to confirm the diagnosis. So in my mind there is nothing gimmiky about this at all, But what do you think?

 

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