Horse & Hound

The less-than-perfect candidate

FEW horses tick all the boxes when it comes to health and temperament a degree of compromise must usually be made.

Experts agree that a five-stage pre-purchase examination (PPE) is a sound investment before buying, rather than the shortened two-stage exam, but how does a vet assess a horse with an obvious or suspected problem? And how does a potential purchaser weigh up the findings to make their decision? Lesley Barwise-Munro MRCVS and Malcolm Morley MRCVS discuss three typical scenarios...

THE VETS

• LESLEY BARWISE-MUNRO MRCVS oversees a busy caseload of performance and leisure horses at Alnorthumbria Veterinary Group, Northumberland.

• MALCOLM MORLEY MRCVS, of Stable Close Equine Practice, Hampshire, has chaired the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA)PPE committee.

1. Safe and sound?

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