title: Reproducibility and the influence of age on interspecimen determinations of blood pressure in the horse.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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