Eye vs. Rectal Temperature in Dogs: A Diagnostic Comparison

Send us Fan Mail A “normal temperature” can be the most dangerous kind of comforting. We sit down with Drs. Kimberly Woodruff and Sahar Rostami to unpack what happens when ocular thermometry and rectal thermometry show similar diagnostic performance for detecting abnormal body temperature in dogs, and why that still doesn’t mean you should relax after a normal reading. We translate sensitivity and specificity into day-to-day clinical decisions. High specificity means these methods are fairly...