Reproducibility and the influence of age on interspecimen determinations of blood pressure in the horse.
1. The reproducibility of blood pressure determinations on 103 male horses gave an average coefficient of variation of 5.0%. 2. Different parameters affecting the methodology of blood pressure measurements were separately analysed; i.e. size of specimen, size of cuff in relationship to tail circumference and temperature of the environment. 3. A strong positive linear correlation between age and blood pressure in the horse was established for two breeds with widely varying genetic background--Swedish Warmbloods and Arabians.
D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods; D006736:Horses / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D013623:Tail / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013696:Temperature