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Tag: body condition scoring

Posted on August 30, 2019August 30, 2019

How do you body condition score a horse?

Horse Body Condition Scores and Descriptions (Adapted from Henneke et al., 19831)
Score Condition Description
1 – Poor Animal extremely emaciated. Spinous processes, ribs, tailhead, and point of hip and point of buttocks project prominently; bone structure of
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Posted on August 30, 2019August 30, 2019

How do you body condition score a dairy cow?

Body condition scoring provides an objective indication of the amount of fat cover on a dairy animal.  This evaluation is accomplished by assigning a score or number relative to the amount of fat observed on several skeletal parts of the …

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