Sunday, June 15, 2014

What Became of the "Bad Drug" Victim Horses in Florida?

This is an update of a story that was reported a month ago on The Jurga Report.
Robert MacKay, DACVIM, PhD, BVSc (Dist), veterinarian and professor of large animal clinical sciences at University of Florida Large Animal Medicine, has updated details as a followup to a horse health alert issued by the university on May 12.
Dr. MacKay shared the news today that all four of the surviving horses that had been treated at the University of Florida have now been released to their owners.
On May 6, 2014, seven horses from the Ocala, Florida area were found to be suffering with signs of accidental overdose of the EPM drug pyrimethamine.
One horse was euthanized two days after transfer to the University of Florida
- See more at: http://horseandrider.com/resources/blogs#sthash.rlbhaVgF.dpuf

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