AQHA Announces New Drug Testing, Welfare Initiatives
…rules, AQHA dramatically increased its drug testing of horses at shows in 2006 with the goal of testing more than 300 shows per year. This expense has been offset by…
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Equine Allergy Testing
…allergens. Testing is simple – It just involves drawing 1 blood tube sample and shipping it at room temperature to the testing facility. The Spot Platinum equine assay represents the…
Pre-Purchase Testing
…can freeze the serum and only do testing if a problem arises. Always inform the seller you want to pull blood for drug testing before you even arrange to see…
On the Rail: Do the FEI Drug Testing Rules Need to Change?
…us all look at the possibilities that our current environment and our current testing capabilities may have to make sure we have the best possible rules for all given circumstances….
Lasix And Drug Testing
As many trainers know, the AHSA instituted voluntary use of Lasix to expedite urine sampling for drug testing. What many don’t know, however, is what Lasix can do to their…
Dr. Issel Gives Us The Straight Facts On EIA
…dropped tremendously since Coggins testing was instituted, with the 2005 NAHMS (National Animal Health Monitoring System) equine survey estimating only 37.6% of horse owners are testing, do we really know…
Editor’s Note: What’s Fair in FEI Drug Testing?
Stacey Nedrow-Wigmore | © Allison Rogers After reading the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) Tribunal’s ruling in the case of the positive drug test for U.S. dressage rider Courtney King-Dye’s horse…
Investigating Seasonal Equine Allergies
…There are also several different allergy tests available, such as blood (serum) or skin testing. One particular kind of testing, known as the radioallergosorbent test (RAST), involves a blood sample…
Sport Horse Stallion Performance Test
…ability that rivaled the big horses. Now that stallion performance testing has established a history and the trainers having the testing down to a science, stallion owners have a better…
Get On Top of Horse Allergies
…for allergy in dogs with skin problems has been documented to correlate well with intradermal skin testing. The response to desensitizing immonotherapy injections based on blood testing results also has…