PREPURCHASE EXAMS: HISTORY, IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS

For more than 150 years veterinarians have been performing prepurchase exams, also referred to as vetting, purchase exams, and soundness exams. The definition of “sound” in England in 1842 implied “an absence of disease or seeds of disease” as a qualification for being used for an intended purpose, noted Steve Soule, VMD, who gave a presentation on the subject of prepurchase exams at the 2009 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, held Dec. 6-9 in Las Vegas, Nev. Continue reading…