title: Use of height-specific weigh tapes to estimate the bodyweight of horses.
abstract: Two thousand horses of different ages, heights and breeds were divided into two height groups of up to 14.2 hands high (hh) and more than 14.2 hh, and weighed on a weighbridge; each horse then had its weight estimated by three weigh tapes, one height specific (tape 1 or 2, depending on the animal's height) and two for general use (tapes 3 and 4). For horses up to 14.2 hh, weigh tape 1 provided the most accurate estimate of mean (sd) bodyweight (100.5 [6.2] per cent), and weigh tapes 3 and 4 were 112 (6.8) and 97-0 (6.1) per cent accurate, respectively. For horses more than 14.2 hh, weigh tape 2 provided the most accurate estimate of bodyweight (98.6 [18.4] per cent), with weigh tapes 3 and 4 being 102.6 (17.4) and 90.8 (15.2) per cent accurate, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Warwickshire College, Moreton Morrell Centre.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hollands
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006736:Horses / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results