Dataset and analysis code for remote calibrated infrared thermography in fattening lambs

This repository contains the anonymised processed dataset, original working spreadsheet and statistical analysis code associated with the manuscript “Head surface temperature measured by remote infrared thermography predicts rectal temperature in fattening lambs”. The dataset includes thermal and physiological measurements from 50 fattening lambs assessed at six capture distances: 0.2, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 m. Rectal temperature was measured once per animal using a digital rectal thermometer and used as the reference temperature. Infrared thermal images were acquired at each distance and processed to extract the mean surface temperature of the visible head region. Each row in the processed dataset corresponds to one thermal observation from one lamb at one capture distance. The dataset contains 300 rows, corresponding to 50 lambs measured at six distances. The experimental unit is the individual lamb. Repeated observations across distances are observational units nested within lamb and should not be treated as independent experimental units. Two versions of the processed dataset are provided: processed_dataset_anonymised.csv, recommended for reuse, and datos_corderos.xlsx, the original working spreadsheet used by the analysis scripts. Raw thermal images are not included because of file size and project data governance constraints. Original thermal images and associated metadata are archived by the research group and may be made available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request, subject to reasonable data-use conditions.