Height at the withers estimation in the horses based on the internal dimension of cranial cavity.
Abstract: The investigations were carried out on 17 modern half-breed horse skulls and their metacarpal and metatarsal bones. The basal length (BL), total length (TL), internal cranial cavity dimension and maximal length of metacarpus and metatarsus and maximal lateral length of metacarpus and metatarsus were measured according to Kiesewalter and von den Driesch. During height at the withers estimation, the Kiesewaler and Vitt methods were used. The Wyrost and Kucharczyk mathematical formula was modified for height at the withers calculation (Hestmd = 1.016 × D) in horses. All height at the withers estimation methods were statistically analysed and compared. The analysis of variance ANOVA proved the lack of significant difference between the investigated values. The results achieved using Wyrost and Kucharczyk modified method are strongly comparable to Kiesewalter methods results computed using the metacarpal and metatarsal bones measurements. The height at the withers calculated on the basis of TL slightly differs from 2 above-mentioned methods. The BL Vitt's method was the least exact.
Publication Date: 2014-06-06 PubMed ID: 24902091DOI: 10.5603/FM.2014.0021Google Scholar: Lookup
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The research was conducted on 17 horse skulls and their corresponding metacarpal and metatarsal bones to explore the correlation between the basal length, total length, the internal cranial cavity dimension, and the height at the withers. The analysis indicated comparable results between the Wyrost and Kucharczyk’s modified method and the Kiesewalter methods, revealing a fairly accurate estimation of a horse’s height based on cranial cavity dimensions.
Methodology
- The research was carried out using the skulls and metacarpal and metatarsal bones of 17 modern half-breed horses.
- Values of basal length (BL), total length (TL), and internal cranial cavity dimension were measured as per the methods of Kiesewalter and von den Driesch.
- The actual height at the withers of the horses was estimated using the Kiesewaler and Vitt methods.
- The Wyrost and Kucharczyk mathematical formula was adapted for calculating the horse’s estimated height at the withers (Hestmd = 1.016 × D).
Data Analysis and Findings
- The statistical analysis of all these estimation methods was conducted and compared.
- The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) proved there were no significant variances between the estimated values, suggesting a consistency in the results.
- The findings from the modified Wyrost and Kucharczyk method were similar to the Kiesewalter methods results based on the measurements of the metacarpal and metatarsal bones.
- The estimated height based on the TL slightly differed from the above-mentioned methods.
- The estimation method based on the BL according to Vitt’s method was the least accurate.
Conclusion
- The study indicated a substantial correlation between the horse’s height at the withers and a combination of the basal length, the total length, and the internal dimension of the cranial cavity.
- The modified method of Wyrost and Kucharczyk proved to be a reliable approach for estimating the horse’s height at the withers alongside the Kiesewalter methods.
Cite This Article
APA
Chrószcz A, Janeczek M, Pasicka E, Klećkowska-Nawrot J.
(2014).
Height at the withers estimation in the horses based on the internal dimension of cranial cavity.
Folia Morphol (Warsz), 73(2), 143-148.
https://doi.org/10.5603/FM.2014.0021 Publication
Researcher Affiliations
- Division of Animal Anatomy, Department of Biostructure and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland. bjorn@onet.pl.
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