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Thermal Imagery to Cast Light on Mange

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo., Dec. 16, 2010 — Thermal imaging will shed light on how mange affects the survival, reproduction and social behavior of wolves, the US Geological Survey has announced. The wolf's eyes, muzzle and paw tips are warm and yellow in this thermal image of a captive wolf howling at the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone. Scientists with the US Geological Survey are examining thermal imagery of wolves as one step in assessing impacts of sarcoptic mange on the survival, reproduction and social behavior of this species in Yellowstone National Park. (Photos: US Geological Survey) About a...Read full article

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    Published: December 2010
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    thermal imaging
    The process of producing a visible two-dimensional image of a scene that is dependent on differences in thermal or infrared radiation from the scene reaching the aperture of the imaging device.
    AmericasBiophotonicscamerascaninedehydrationDoug SmithGrizzly and Wolf Discovery CenterhypothermiaImagingmalnutritionmitesNational Park ServicePaul CrossResearch & Technologysarcoptic mangeskin diseasethermal camerasthermal imagingUS Geological SurveywolvesWyomingYellowstone National Park

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