Dietary effects on pelage emissivity in mammals: Implications for infrared thermography

This study highlights that aspects of an animal's life history (e.g. age, sex, diet) may contribute to the emissivity of its pelage. As such, a single emissivity value may be inappropriate for use in infrared thermography across all species or individuals; other aspects of an animal's biology, which may affect emissivity, should also be considered. Best practice should involve measuring emissivity for every individual animal used in thermography studies.
Source: Journal of Thermal Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: research