Up to 80 percent of horses experience respiratory disorders due to their living environment. Current diagnostic methods are invasive and expensive. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University is the only facility in New England with a non-invasive equine respiratory testing device. However, the device poses a risk to operators because it is not well attached, weighs 3 pounds, and protrudes 12 inches, causing it to disconnect if the horse moves suddenly. Our team designed a safer, less expensive, non-invasive device to measure equine lung function to improve testing availability and market potential. This small, lightweight device uses a thermistor-based sensor to measure airflow at low speeds. A LabVIEW program displays the airflow for the veterinarian to use for diagnoses.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Nichols, Kyla Nicole
• Hassan, Lubna Ali
• Paquin, Allison Elizabeth
• Garvey, Lucy Ladera

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042717-101115

Advisor

• Rolle, Marsha Whitney
• Daniello, Robert

Year

• 2017

Sponsor

• Dr. Melissa Mazan

Date created

• 2017-04-27

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Interdisciplinary

Rights statement

• In Copyright