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Equine II Exam I Prepurchase Exam (PPE)
Equine II Exam I Prepurchase Exam (PPE)
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What do you need to do in your musculoskeletal exam?
Evaluate shoeing
Do a motion and ridden exam and flexion tests
Palpate limbs and use the hoof testers
Evaluate confirmation
2
There is no perfect horse, if you look you will find stuff, clients decide how much stuff they can live with.
True
False
3
Why might you be called to do a PPE?
Because horse people are v honest
Horses are expected to be athletes
Horses are expensive
Horse people are DISHONEST
4
DO diagnostic nerve blocks during MSK exam
True
False
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Go throughly all the body systems individually
False
True
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Record all additional tests you do, most commonly rads, but also document declined tests!
True
False
7
BW in a PPE includes CBC/Chem, Coggins and maybe Cushings in old horse. If you do a drug screen how is that handled?
Freeze serum and keep it for 6 months
Freeze whole blood 3 months
Take blood and hold it
Take urine
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How can you reduce your liability?
You cannot
WAIVERS
DOCUMENT EVERYTHING
9
Be careful doing PPE they can be dangerous, horses may not be broke, Carey malpractice insurance
False
True
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What is the purpose of a PPE?
To determine the current health status of the horse
To determine the horse’s process
To determine if the horse will pass or fail
To determine suitability and future soundness
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Use a standard form to do your PPE including all patient info such as pics, identification and med records
False
True
12
U/S, MRI & NI can be hard to do and URT endoscopy is common in race horses
True
False
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What are some special circumstances for PPE exams?
International sales may have different practices and communication barriers
TB or other breed auction may want resp film sets or endoscopy @ sale
Breeding stock may need BSE
Lame horses and horses that give pony rides
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What is the most important part of the standardized exam of the horse on PPE?
Musculoskeletal
Reproductive
Lymphatic
Cardiac
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You should the quality base your PPE on the cost / quality of the horse
True
False
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Base your fees on the value of the horse
True
False
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Should you do a PPE on a horse in your regular care? Or if the seller is your client?
You can do a PPE on any horse
Yes
Only if all parties are made aware
NO
18
Which of the following are standard PPE rads in most horses?
Front feet lateral, DP 65 degrees & Navicular skyline
Stifles lateral SP Calat-CrMed oblique
Neck and back laterals of Cervical spine and withers and lumbar spine
Hocks lateral, DLPMO, DP & PLDMO
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What is commonly done in PPE Rads?
Front feet & all 4 fetlocks knees hocks stifles back and neck if expensive
Target areas of interest
Do standard views front feet hocks +/- stifles
Check a young horse for OCD in hocks fetlocks and stifles
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What are some things you want to obtain during a PPE?
Ask how much they paid for the horse when they purchased it
Check for microchip or tattoos
Ask the horses workload and medical issues
Detailed history from the seller if possible if not document it
21
A PPE ensures that all parties in a horse sale are happy
False
True
22
Ideally the buyer should be at the PPE and owner should watch from a distance
True
False
23
Who owns the information from the PPE?
The trainer
The seller
The buyer
The veterinarian
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PPE fee should be high, they can last for hours and paperwork is intense
False
True
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You’re doing a PPE on this horse and it is lame on the right front leg. How do you proceed?
Ask to see the horse ridden
Communicate that finding with the buyer, they may chooses to end the PPE
Localize the lameness to help the seller
Offer further Diagnostics, Rads & US
