Detecting anomalies in horse hooves using Hot disk measurement equipment
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
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2020
Författare
Lundqvist, Charlotte
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The aim of this thesis was to investigate the possibility to detect abnormalities in horse
hooves using equipment from Hot disk. Measurements were made on dead hooves from
real horses using the structure probe feature on the Hot disk TPS 2500S instrument. The
hooves were both with and without damages which were created in the lab to mimic real
life injuries. After seeing clear differences between the damaged and the undamaged
hooves the conclusion is reached that it is probably possible to detect abnormalities in
live horse hooves as well using this method.
The measurements and most of the work on this master thesis were completed in 2014
and 2015. The completed version was released in 2020.