Horse Weight Estimation

Knowing your horse's weight, at least approximately, can be very helpful.It's useful to know how much a horse weighs for such things as calculating feed rations, knowing how much de-wormer to administer, and more.While it's not always practical to find a scale big enough to accommodate a horse, there are several ways commonly used to estimate a horse's weight.Now we have made a solution to solve this issue to take care horses in a proper way.

Several methods are available to help determine if your horse is overweight. If more than one of these methods indicates your horse is overweight, work with an equine nutritionist and veterinarian to plan a body weight loss program.

This app might not provide accurate estimations of weight for very tall horses and should not be used to estimate weights in miniature horses.Calculations specific for estimating the weight of growing horses are more complicated, and a scale is recommended to monitor growth rates in these horses. Weight determination in growing horses is more important for ensuring smooth, consistent growth patterns than for ideal “body weight” with respect to fat coverage. Rapidly growing foals can be prone to developmental problems and orthopedic diseases such as epiphysitis or osteochondritis dissecans.