body score

[piedmontese]

can someone please explain body score to me?

 

[upfrombottom]

http://beef.unl.edu/learning/condition1a.shtml or just Google "body condition scoring beef cattle".

 

[cmf1]

Pix and all here...

http://www.aragriculture.org/livest...al_learning_center/body_condition/default.htm

 

[IluvABbeef]

All it is is just a measure of the amount of fat that is on an animal's body that determines health and fertility. The best places to determine body condition is on the ribs, along the spine, on and in between the tail head, and on and around the hooks and pins (on the pelvic area). American body condition scoring goes from 1 to 9, 1 being the most emaciated. American dairy BCS goes from 1 to 5, with 1 being the most emaciated. Canadian producers also use the 1 to 5 scale on beef cattle too, though I believe others also use the 1 to 9 scale.

Along with those links above, check out this link as well: http://www.cowbcs.info/