Kawareti et al Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 5 (3): 37-39 (2017) ISSN: 2320 – 7051 Copyright © June, 2017; IJPAB 37 Morphometrical Measurements of Thoroughbred Horses (Equus caballus) P. K. Kawareti 1 , N. C. Nandeshwar 2 , S. B. Banubakode 2 , P. M. Gedam 3 and S. Ganguly 4* 1 M.V.Sc. Scholar, 2 Associate Professor, 3 Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Veterinary Anatomy and Histology, Nagpur Veterinary College (Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University), Nagpur – 440001, Maharashtra, India 4 Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Arawali Veterinary College (Affiliated to Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner), N.H. – 52 Jaipur Road, V.P.O. Bajor, Sikar – 332001, Rajasthan, India *Corresponding Author E-mail: ganguly38@gmail.com Received: 13.05.2017 | Revised: 23.05.2017 | Accepted: 25.05.2017 INTRODUCTION The Thoroughbred horse is a breed of horse that is known for its use in horse racing. Thoroughbred is one of the most easily recognizable horse breeds in the world. Though the word of thoroughbred is generally used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, this word technically refers only to the Thoroughbred. Identifying patterns of equine anatomy for different horse breeds could be helpful in predicting how successful the animals will be in performing the set tasks. Therefore, metric features of the exterior can become a selection tool used with different horse breeds 1 . Body shapes measured objectively could improve selection for growth by enabling the breeder to recognize early- maturing and late-maturing animals of different size. MATERIALS AND METHODS The present study was conducted on 10 Thoroughbred (geldings) horses of R & V Unit in Nagpur, Maharashtra. In this study, a total of 10 Thoroughbred (geldings) horses were used for present work. The sampled horses were aged between 7 to 15 years. All traits were recorded from the left side of the horses. Available online at www.ijpab.com DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.4033 ISSN: 2320 – 7051 Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 5 (3): 37-39 (2017) ABSTRACT The present study was conducted on 10 Thoroughbred (geldings) horses of R & V Unit in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Body weight and five parameters of body measurements were analyzed by using descriptive statistics. The average size were: body weight 404.05 ± 52.02 kg, front cannon circumference 20.08 ± 0.08 cm, cannon circumference at rear leg 22.02 ± 0.48 cm, girth circumference 174.03 ±2.88 cm, height at wither 155.00 ± 1.70 cm and body length 158.00 ± 1.85 cm respectively. It can be concluded that Indian Thoroughbred horses is almost similar to other Thoroughbred horses raised in other countries. Key words: Thoroughbred, Gelding horse, Body measurements. Research Article Cite this article: Kawareti 1 , P.K., Nandeshwar, N.C., Banubakode, S.B., Gedam, P.M. and Ganguly, S., Morphometrical Measurements of Thoroughbred Horses ( Equus caballus), Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 5(3): 37-39 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.4033