Detecting anomalies in horse hooves using Hot disk measurement equipment

Abstract

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.