Wednesday, December 4, 2013

RMTC Position Papers Uphold Thresholds By The Blood-Horse Staff Dec 04, 2013

A pair of position papers released by the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) find no physiologic difference in the various racing breeds to justify changes to its established regulatory thresholds for use of clenbuterol and corticosteroids.
The papers are the conclusions of a panel formed at the request of the United States Trotting Association (USTA) which, at the September RMTC meeting, called for more liberal thresholds for the use of intra-articular corticosteroids and clenbuterol in Standardbreds. Following that meeting, the USTA ended its RMTC membership, citing difference in breeds.
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