<p>You can use the chest circumference to calculate body weight. Click<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ff0000;"> </span><img src="images-joomla/stories/44-images/130 questionmark.jpg" alt="130 questionmark" width="27" height="20" style="vertical-align: middle;" />for help!</p>
<p><img src="images-joomla/stories/44-images/44-236  weight help.jpg" alt="44-236  weight help" width="560" height="329" /></p>
<p>Provide a chest girth measurement and click <img src="images-joomla/stories/44-images/44-166 estimate girth.jpg" alt="44-166 estimate girth" width="111" height="24" style="vertical-align: middle;" /> The weight in the table is changed.</p>
<p>You may also do a backward calculation. Activate a body weight in the table, and click <img src="images-joomla/stories/44-images/44-167 estimate weight.jpg" alt="44-167 estimate weight" width="103" height="25" style="vertical-align: middle;" /> PC-Horse will estimate the chest girth.</p>
<p>In the drop-down list you will find common body weights for different breeds (max/min).</p>
<p><span class="Fetstilsvart">How to take a measurement: </span>You need a cm-band, 2 - 2,5 m long. Place the band around the chest in the position shown in the drawing. Tighten the band until you are just able to insert your hand between the skin and the band. Remember that there is commonly an error margin of 5% when you estimate body weight from chest girth. You can reduce the variation by being careful to place the band in the same position and try to tighten it to the same extent every time. Be smart - take a chest girth measurement at times when you have access to a scale, and try to adjust any systematic errors when you measure the girth.</p>