As a result, using heart girth measurement as a tool for estimating the body weight in Caspian horse is suggested.

Ahmad Ghorbani 1*, Hasan Darmani Kuhi2 Ardeshir Mohit 2
1 Ph.D Candidate 2 Assistant Professor, Dept of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University
of Guilan*
ghorbanee@gmail.com

Abstract

Research on Caspian horse has a priority at the international level due to its global importance as a valuable genetic resource.

Therefore, this novel study was conducted in Caspian horse, in the main habitat of it near the Caspian Sea, in order to investigate the relationship between its body weight and some biometric traits.

According to the results of this study, in spite of non-significant effect of gender on biometric traits, the effect of age were significant(p<0.05). Among the biometric traits, the highest correlation was found between live weight and heart girth (0.969).

The correlations between live weight with height at withers and body length were 0.924 and 0.929, respectively (p<0.01). As a result, using heart girth measurement as a tool for estimating the body weight in Caspian horse is suggested.

Keywords: Biometrics parameters, Caspian horse, curve fitting, estimating live weight.