Don’t Settle for Anything Less Than Ideal: Consequences of Being Too Thin
Article re-posted with kind permission by Equine Guelph: http://equineguelph.ca/index.php
The importance of body condition scoring your horse
When beauty is in the eye of the beholder, even experienced horse owners are often guilty of inaccurately assessing their horse for ideal body weight and condition. The Henneke Body Condition Score (BCS) system1 is an in-depth and hands-on valuable scientific tool where physical palpation is used to find an overall BCS between 1-9.
