Table 2.

Rectal, auricular body, and infrared surface temperature in dogs (n=380) in differences environmental condition between control (n=197) and ambient temperature (n=183).

Environmental condition	Parameters		Minimum	Maximum	p-value
	Mean±standard deviation	95% Confidence interval
Control temperature condition
BTrectum (°F)	100.2±1.31	100.0-100.4	97.1	102.9	<0.001
BTear (°F)	99.0±1.50	98.7-99.2	93.8	101.8	<0.001
Infrared surface temperature (°F)
STpinna	94.2±5.87	93.3-95.0	79.5	108.0	<0.001
STear	100.3±3.32	99.8-100.8	86.9	107.0	<0.001
STshoulder	92.1±3.94	91.5-92.6	81.3	102.7	<0.001
SThip	92.5±4.38	91.9-93.2	80.0	110.6	<0.001
STaxillary	99.0±3.86	98.4-99.5	87.0	107.2	<0.001
STinguinal	100.9±3.19	100.5-101.4	83.8	107.7	<0.001
STfootpad	89.9±5.75	89.1-90.7	76.2	102.7	<0.001
STrectum	101.4±2.62	101.0-101.8	93.5	107.0	<0.001
Environment
EnvironTemp (°F)	83.3±2.43	83.0-83.6	75.9	89.4	<0.001
Humidity (%)	57.0±6.52	56.1-57.9	41.1	74.0	<0.001
Ambient temperature condition
BTrectum (°F)	100.8±1.50	100.6-101.0	96.3	104.0	-
BTear (°F)	100.2±1.72	99.9-100.4	94.6	104.1	-
Infrared surface temperature (°F)
STpinna	97.5±5.97	96.6-98.4	81.3	107.2	-
STear	103.4±3.05	103.0-103.9	86.1	108.6	-
STshoulder	93.6±6.22	92.7-94.5	69.7	110.8	-
SThip	94.4±6.14	93.5-95.3	69.2	108.8	-
STaxillary	101.9±4.08	101.3-102.5	84.2	109.5	-
STinguinal	103.9±3.11	103.4-104.3	83.4	109.0	-
STfootpad	93.7±5.86	92.8-94.5	77.0	107.2	-
STrectum	103.5±2.72	103.1-103.9	89.4	109.7	-
Environment
EnvironTemp (°F)	87.7±3.67	87.1-88.2	79.5	99.7	-
Humidity (%)	62.1±10.5	60.6-63.6	38.2	85.0	-

BT=Body temperature, ST=Surface temperature, EnvironTemp=Environmental temperature