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The FEI is a JOKE | Hyperflexion & Rollkur
The FEI is a joke of an organization and does not care about welfare.
Citations:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24329719/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22320155/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159108002876
https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20103174994
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Rein tension measurements have been published and offer the simplest way of monitoring the buccal pressures required (either in one hit or by some accumulation of sustained smaller rein signals) to trigger hyperflexion
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