Re: Cannon bone measurements

[Susan Evans Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

Usually, when you're referring to the cannon bone circumference, the
measurement is taken just below the knee.  When we did our Tevis study,
we took the measurements midway between the knee and the fetlock joints,
which is a slightly smaller measurement.

Just FYI, when we measured cannon bone circumferences at Tevis (a total
of 360 horses over two years), the average measurement was 7.14 inches
for horses that finished and 7.41 inches for horses that were pulled
(even though the pulled horses had a slightly higher average, this was
not considered a statistically significant difference).

Linnea Skoglund wrote:
> 
> Hey, I am curious.  How does one take cannon bone measurements?  How
> is it interpretted?  I don't see that it is given as a ratio or
> anything, so I assume it is just the circumference in the center
> (lengthwise) of the cannon bone.  I am lazy and don't want to read an
> anatomy text.  So just some general statements will satisfy me.
> Thanks
> 
> Linnea & Pesadilla, who had pretty stout legs for a paso.
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