Table 1.

Descriptive values for donkey foals are shown related to body measurement.

Items	BH	BL	TG	TD	TW	RH	RL	RW	CB
PreW	89 ± 1.3c	60 ± 1.4c	73 ± 1.8c	33 ± 0.6b	17 ± 0.5c	90 ± 1.5c	24 ± 0.6c	21 ± 0.8c	10 ± 0.2c
DurW	102 ± 1.1b	90 ± 2.2b	94 ± 1.9b	33 ± 0.8b	22.1 ± 0.8b	104 ± 1.1b	30 ± 0.4b	25 ± 0.6b	13.2 ± 0.3b
PostW	117 ± 3.1a	117 ± 2.7a	119 ± 3.2a	44 ± 1.2a	28 ± 0.9a	121 ± 2.8a	37 ± 1.1a	32 ± 1.0a	14 ± 0.3a

^a,b,cDifferent superscript letters within a row represents values with significantly different at P < 0.05. PreW, pre-weaning donkeys; DurW, during weaning donkeys; PostW, post-weaning donkeys; BH, body height (cm); BL, body length (cm); TG, thoracic girth (cm); TD, thoracic depth (cm); TW, thoracic width (cm); RH, rump height (cm); RL, rump length (cm); RW, rump width (cm); CB, circumference of cannon bone (cm); data expressed as Mean ± SEM.