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    Scoring Chart: Body Condition

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    The document describes a body condition scoring chart for horses that evaluates the amount of stored fat on a numeric scale. The chart outlines key areas to examine like the neck, withers, backbone, and inner thighs. Condition scores range from 1 (emaciated) to 9 (extremely fat) and provide descriptions of fat deposits and visible bone structure at each level.

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    The document describes a body condition scoring chart for horses that evaluates the amount of stored fat on a numeric scale. The chart outlines key areas to examine like the neck, withers, backbone, and inner thighs. Condition scores range from 1 (emaciated) to 9 (extremely fat) and provide descriptions of fat deposits and visible bone structure at each level.

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    The document describes a body condition scoring chart for horses that evaluates the amount of stored fat on a numeric scale. The chart outlines key areas to examine like the neck, withers, backbone, and inner thighs. Condition scores range from 1 (emaciated) to 9 (extremely fat) and provide descriptions of fat deposits and visible bone structure at each level.

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    BODY CONDITION

    SCORING CHART
    Body Condition Scoring (BCS) is an objective system of evaluating a horse's level of body
    condition (amount of stored fat) and assessing a numeric score to facilitate comparisons
    between horses. Many owners fail to recognize significant variations in the weight of horses
    or variations due to age and breed types. This often results
    in overfeeding or underfeeding.
    Areas of Emphasis for Body Condition Scoring
    A. Thickening of the neck F. Fat deposits around tailhead
    B. Fat covering the withers G. Fat deposit behind shoulder
    C. Fat deposits along backbone H. Fat covering ribs
    D. Fat deposit on flanks I. Shoulder blends into neck
    E. Fat deposits on inner thigh
    1 POOR
    Animal extremely emaciated; spinour processes, ribs, tailhead, tuber coaxe, and tuber ischii
    projecting prominently; bone structure of withers, shoulders, and neck easily noticeable; no
    fatty tissue can be felt.

    2 VERY THIN
    Animal emaciated; slightly fat covering over
    base of spinous processes; traverse processes
    of lumbar vertebrae feel rounded; spinous
    processes, ribs, tailhead, tuber coxae, and
    tuber ischii prominent; withers, shoulders, and
    neck structure faintly discernable.

    3 THIN
    Fat buildup about halfway on spinous
    ...nothing else compares
    processes; traverse processes cannot be felt;
    slight fat cover over ribs; spinous processes
    and ribs easily discernable; tailhead
    prominent but individual vertebrae cannot be
    identified visually; tuber coxae appear
    rounded bue easiy discernable; tuber ischii
    not distinguishable; withers, shoulders and
    neck accentuated.

    4 MODERATELY THIN
    Slight ridge along back; faint outline of ribs
    discernable; tailhead prominence depends on
    conformation, fat can be felt around it; tuber
    coxae not discernable; withers, shoulders, and
    neck not obviously thin.
    5 MODERATE
    Back is flat (no crease or ridge); ribs not
    visually distinguishable but easily felt; fat
    around tailhead beginning to feel spongy;
    withers appear rounded over spinous
    processes; shoulders and neck blend
    smoothly into body.

    6 MODERATELY FLESHY
    May have slight crease down back; fat over
    ribs fleshy/spongy; fat around tailhead soft;
    fat beginning to be deposited along sides of
    withers, behind shoulders, and along sides of
    neck.

    7 FLESHY
    May have crease down back; individual ribs
    can be felt, but noticeable filling between ribs
    with fat; fat around tailhead soft; fat deposited
    along withers, behind shoulders, and along
    neck.

    8 FAT
    Crease down back; difficult to feel ribs; fat
    around tailhead very soft; area along withers
    filled with fat; area behind shoulder filled with
    fat; noticeable thickening of neck; fat
    deposited along inner thighs.

    9 EXTREMELY FAT
    Obvious crease down back; patchy fat appearing.

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