Part of a complete equine physical exam involves checking the horse's legs and assessing for a digital pulse.

Run your hands down the horse’s legs to feel for any heat, swelling, or pain. Feel the hooves for heat. Assess digital pulses. Place your thumb and index or middle finger on either side of the fetlock over the digital arteries. You should feel just a light pulse or nothing at all. A “bounding” digital pulse feels like your finger throbbing. This can indicate some sort of hoof pain (such as an abscess) or laminitis.

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