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Topic:Body Condition Score

Body Condition Score (BCS) is a numerical system used to assess the amount of fat on a horse's body. It provides an estimate of a horse's overall body fat and is used to evaluate nutritional status and health. The BCS system typically ranges from 1 to 9, with 1 indicating an extremely emaciated horse and 9 representing an extremely obese horse. This scoring method involves a visual and tactile assessment of specific areas on the horse, such as the neck, withers, ribs, and tailhead. Accurate BCS evaluation helps in the management of feeding programs and in identifying potential health issues related to undernutrition or overnutrition. This page compiles peer-reviewed research studies and scholarly articles that explore the methodology, application, and implications of Body Condition Scoring in equine management and health assessment.
Composition of a complete purified equine diet.
The Journal of nutrition    July 1, 1969   Volume 98, Issue 3 330-334 doi: 10.1093/jn/98.3.330
Stowe HD.No abstract available
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[Nutrition of saddle horses].
The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne    March 1, 1969   Volume 10, Issue 3 71-79 
Nadeau JD.No abstract available
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Ventricular volumes and body weight in mammals.
The American journal of physiology    September 1, 1968   Volume 215, Issue 3 704-715 doi: 10.1152/ajplegacy.1968.215.3.704
Holt JP, Rhode EA, Kines H.No abstract available
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Feeding of thoroughbred horses.
Australian veterinary journal    May 1, 1968   Volume 44, Issue 5 241-245 doi: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1968.tb09093.x
Bourke JM.No abstract available
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Metabolism stall for male equine.
Journal of animal science    January 1, 1968   Volume 27, Issue 1 68-72 doi: 10.2527/jas1968.27168x
Stillions MC, Nelson WE.No abstract available
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A thesis concerning the processes of secretion and discharge of sweat.
Environmental research    June 1, 1967   Volume 1, Issue 1 28-45 doi: 10.1016/0013-9351(67)90004-7
Bligh J.No abstract available
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The relation of metabolic rate to body weight and organ size.
Pediatric research    May 1, 1967   Volume 1, Issue 3 185-195 doi: 10.1203/00006450-196705000-00005
Holliday MA, Potter D, Jarrah A, Bearg S.No abstract available
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Physiological mechanisms that underlie sweating in the horse.
The British veterinary journal    March 1, 1966   Volume 122, Issue 3 117-123 
Evans CL.No abstract available
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Feeding the Horse.
Veterinary medicine, small animal clinician : VM, SAC    June 1, 1965   Volume 60 616-625 
LLOYD WE.No abstract available
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Conscious Voluntary Dehydration.
La Presse thermale et climatique    January 1, 1964   Volume 101 63-64 
LEMAIRE R.No abstract available
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[The behavior of body temperature and the white blood picture of horses after the injection of bacterial lipopolysaccharides].
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. Teil B, Chemie, Biochemie, Biophysik, Biologie und verwandte Gebiete    September 1, 1958   Volume 13B, Issue 9 561-565 
HAMMER D, GOEBEL F, WESTPHAL O, SIEVERS K, LUDERITZ O.No abstract available
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Blood volume, body water and body fat of the horse.
Journal of applied physiology    May 1, 1956   Volume 8, Issue 6 651-653 doi: 10.1152/jappl.1956.8.6.651
JULIAN LM, LAWRENCE JH, BERLIN NI, HYDE GM.No abstract available
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Sweating responses in the horse.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences    March 27, 1956   Volume 144, Issue 918 61-83 doi: 10.1098/rspb.1956.0018
EVANS CL, SMITH DF.No abstract available
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[Ponderal variations during dehydration and rehydration in horses].
Comptes rendus des seances de la Societe de biologie et de ses filiales    January 1, 1956   Volume 150, Issue 12 2224-2227 
LEMAIRE R, DUCROS H, DUPONT M.No abstract available
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The nutrition of the horse.
Nutrition abstracts and reviews    January 1, 1955   Volume 25, Issue 1 1-18 
OLSSON N, RUUDVERE A.No abstract available
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On sweating in the horse.
The Journal of physiology    November 29, 1954   Volume 126, Issue 2 45-6P 
EVANS CL, SMITH DF.No abstract available
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[Various factors influencing the normal body temperature of the horse].
Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde    January 1, 1951   Volume 93, Issue 1 22-45 
NUSSBAUMER J.No abstract available
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The Feeding of Horses.
Science (New York, N.Y.)    July 1, 1892   Volume 20, Issue 491 4 doi: 10.1126/science.ns-20.491.4
No abstract available
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Physical Condition of Horses for Military Purposes.
The Journal of comparative medicine and veterinary archives    February 1, 1890   Volume 11, Issue 2 120-132 
Fleming G.No abstract available
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Feeding Horses.
Hall's journal of health    September 1, 1884   Volume 31, Issue 9 174-176 
No abstract available
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Feeding Horses.
Hall\'s journal of health    February 1, 1883   Volume 30, Issue 2 41-43 
No abstract available
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Feeding Horses.
Hall's journal of health    July 1, 1882   Volume 29, Issue 7 351-353 
No abstract available
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Feeding Horses.
Hall\'s journal of health    January 1, 1880   Volume 27, Issue 1 9-11 
No abstract available
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