Flexion tests during horse-purchase examination
Plenderleith, R.W.
Veterinary Record 139(3): 76
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900 PMID: 8857583 Document Number: 464370
The results of using flexion tests during horse purchase examination of 142 animals including 81 Thoroughbreds or Thoroughbred crosses, 40 ponies and 21 others (73 males, 69 females), is reported. A flexion test was carried out on each limb for 1.5 minutes using moderate pressure with a 'lameness limitation line' of 25 m. 73 (51.4%) of the horses passed the examination. In 35 of the 69 failures, the main, but not necessarily the only, reason was the degree of failure elicited in the flexion tests.