Thursday, November 13, 2014

Drugs and Your Horse The Dangers of Medicating With Discussion on Compounded Medications CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED NOVEMBER 13, 2014 | 0 COMMENTS BY: EQUINE GUELPH/BARBARA SHERIDAN

In the management of horse health, injuries and disease, conscientious horse owners would never put their horse at risk; however, improper use of some commonly administered equine drugs can impact the health and safety of our horses more than we think. Seldom does a month go by when media attention doesn’t focus on a positive drug test in the horseracing world. The news leaves many in the horse industry to shake their heads and wonder how trainers or owners could do such a thing to their animals. But did you know that the majority of these positives involve some of the more commonly used drugs that we administer to our horses on a routine basis and which can produce some pretty unsettling results?
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