Abstract：
Mastitis is a global production disease that needs an intelligent solution to tackle effectively. Infrared Thermography (IRT) is a non-invasive technology that could be incorporated into routine day-to-day farm activities to monitor the health status of the animals. In this study, the udder health status was routinely monitored for 30 days among 41 Murrah buffaloes via IRT and the California Mastitis Test (CMT). Further, somatic cell count (SCC), microbial identification, and milk quality parameters were also estimated for representative samples. The thermal imaging data obtained was tabulated and back propagated from the 0th day to the -10th day and front propagated from the 0th day to +10th day for all the udder quarters. Results revealed that on the 0th day, the mean of udder skin surface temperature (USST) and teat skin surface temperature (TSST) showed a difference (p < 0.05) in the sub-clinical mastitis (SCM) and clinical mastitis (CM) affected quarters to the healthy quarters, and their degree of difference was the highest. The indication of infection was signaled during the -9th to -5th day to the 0th day in SCM and CM cases. There was a steep increment in the temperature from -2nd and -1st day to the 0th day of infection. Sometimes, some quarters show an increment in temperature due to mastitis during morning hours but recover by evening milking due to the animal\'s innate immune system. Thus, the initiation period in which the udder gets assaulted is crucial in the early assessment of SCM by monitoring temperature change using IRT.
摘要：
乳腺炎是一种全球性的生产疾病，需要一个智能的解决方案来有效地解决。红外热成像（IRT）是一种非侵入性技术，可以纳入日常农场活动中，以监测动物的健康状况。在这项研究中,通过IRT和加州乳腺炎测试(CMT)对41只Murrah水牛的乳房健康状况进行了为期30天的常规监测.Further,体细胞计数（SCC），微生物鉴定，还估计了代表性样品的牛奶质量参数。将获得的热成像数据制成表格，并从第0天到第-10天反向传播，并从第0天到第10天向前传播。结果显示，在第0天，乳房皮肤表面温度（USST）和乳头皮肤表面温度（TSST）的平均值在亚临床乳腺炎（SCM）和临床乳腺炎（CM）影响到健康季度的季度中显示出差异（p<0.05），他们的差异程度最高。在SCM和CM病例中,在第-9天至第-5天至第0天期间发出感染迹象。从感染的第2天和第1天到第0天，温度急剧升高。有时候,一些季度显示温度的增加，由于乳腺炎在早晨时间，但通过晚上挤奶恢复由于动物的先天免疫系统。因此，乳房受到攻击的起始期对于通过使用IRT监测温度变化来进行SCM的早期评估至关重要。
