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Originally Posted by Bfarris21
Is this not found in feed and doesnt the story state others in the barn were being treated with the drug? How long does this stay in the system? Forgive for naivety but I am a fan of the sport and would like some insight on this.
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Not so much in feed as in hay. It's not a medication/drug. Scopolamine (and with it atropine) are naturally occurring in jimsonweed which gets into hay bales as a matter of course. Horses generally will bypass it in when grazing fields, but will eat it as part of the hay flake they receive daily. It's toxicity is very volatile and unpredictable. Scopolamine positives date back 40 years, particularly in California, and are the kind of incident relegated to fine-generating contaminations.
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09-12-2019, 05:18 AM
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