Regional growth of spinal cord and vertebral column during the prenatal development of goat was studied using 52 foetuses of various ages. The maximum and minimum regional spinal cord length was measured in the thoracic and coccygeal regions, respectively. A highly significant positive correlation was observed between total cord length and length of different cord regions except coccygeal region. Regional length of the vertebral column was dependant on the regional length of the spinal cord except at the coccygeal region and changed accordingly. The thoracic region of spinal cord exhibited an increased growth rate over that of vertebral column during second and third month. Cervical and lumbar spinal cord regions showed isometric growth rate with corresponding vertebral column regions during all stages. The sacral region also was isometric upto fourth month, which declined in the fifth month.
