VMD 511: Animal Welfare, Ethics and Jurisprudence (2+0)

Vetero-legal Aspect of Doping-Procedure

VETERO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF DOPING

• For determining whether or not a horse has given drugs should include
  • Clinical examination before the race
  • Demonstration of the chemical cleanliness of utensils used in sampling.
  • Recovery of adequate volumes of samples fluids.
  • Allowing the owner split samples of the fluids to e analysed or right to have an approved analyst present at the official analysis.
  • Use of tests, which distinguish drugs from alkaloids occurring naturally in the body.
  • Specific identification and precise determination of the amount of any organic substances defected.
  • Provision of signed and witnessed laboratory record protocols by the analyst.