Body condition scoring is a scale designed to make it possible to be objectiive in evaluating the body condition of an equine. One has to draw together a series of evaluations across the horses body to achieve a final score and these diagrams are intended to help an observor/evaluator to know which score to give the animal they are examining.

The Equine Industry Welfare Guidelines Compendium contains body condition score charts for both horses and donkeys and these can now be downloaded as individual files.

Horse Body Condition Score Charts PDF

Donkey Body Condition Score Charts PDF

For teaching purposes, these are now also available as A4 posters

Horse Body Condition Score Charts - A4 Posters PDF

Donkey Body Condition Score Charts - A4 Posters PDF