Research Communications of the 27(th) ECVIM-CA Congress: Intercontinental, Saint Julian's, Malta, 14th to 16th September 2017

The results suggest that the correlation coefficient between BLsb and IBW was r = 0.8355, P < 0.01 and higher than the correlation coefficient between BLs-i and IBW. This means that measuring the length of BLs-b is more accurate than measuring the length of BLs-i. The results suggest that the IBW of each dog could be estimated by measuring the BLs-b. The correlation coefficient between the BLs-b and IBW in 5 long bodied dogs (Miniature Dachshund, Welsh Corgi, etc.) was higher than it in the all subject dogs. This suggests that it is better to divide dogs into following three types: standard shape, long and square bodied dogs for the morphometric BCS assessment. In addition, individual BCS can be calculated from an estrangement percentage between IBW and current weight by using above formula. This morphometric method is simpler and more objective than the conventional method.