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Table 2 Morphometric measurements, cresty neck score (CNS), body condition score (BCS) and body weight (BW) of Icelandic and Warmblood horses

From: Weight estimation and hormone concentrations related to body condition in Icelandic and Warmblood horses: a field study

 

Icelandic (n = 43)

Warmblood (n = 38)

P-value

Mean

SEM

Min

Max

Mean

SEM

Min

Max

H (cm)

138

0.63

130

143

172

0.67

158

180

< 0.001

G1 (cm)

166

0.86

151

180

204

0.91

189

213

< 0.001

G2 (cm)

164

0.86

150

176

199

0.92

184

212

< 0.001

U (cm)

170

1.2

150

192

204

1.3

178

216

< 0.001

L1 (cm)

158

1.0

146

176

185

1.1

169

196

< 0.001

L2 (cm)

128

0.84

116

140

153

0.89

139

163

< 0.001

NC (cm)

87

0.88

77

104

98

0.94

88

110

< 0.001

CNS

2.1

0.07

1

3.5

1.4

0.09

0.5

2.5

< 0.001

BCS (0–5)

3.0

0.05

2.2

3.5

2.8

0.05

1.5

3

< 0.001

BCS (1–9)

5.7

0.09

4.5

7

5.3

0.10

4

6

< 0.01

Measured BW

366

6.4

294

428

640

6.8

478

718

< 0.001

  1. H: height at withers; G1: heart girth at withers; G2: heart girth at slope; U: umbilical girth; L1: length from point of shoulder to point of hip; L2: length from point of elbow to point of hip; NC: neck circumference; CNS: cresty neck score; BCS (0–5): body condition score on scale 0–5; BCS (1–9): body condition score on scale 1–9; BW: body weight; SEM: standard error of the mean; Max: maximum; Min: minimum.
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147