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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A method of preparing hay for feeding to a horse includes placing the hay within the upper compartment of a vessel containing a mesh grid that divides the interior of the vessel into upper and lower compartments, and introducing steam into the lower compartment by means of an atomiser containing a plurality of fins.