Phar Lap mystery solved

[prudery]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

"In 2000, equine specialists studying the two necropsies concluded that Phar Lap probably died of duodenitis-proximal jejunitis, an acute bacterial gastroenteritis. It was not until the 1980s that the infection could be formally identified."

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same article

he died in 1932. why is "new info" in 2000 more reliable than "new info" in 2008?

I like the way you think ...

The DPJ theory was totally consistant with all earlier anecdotal and medical evidence including necropsy from 1932 on ... At the time of Phar Lap's death, the vets ruled out arsenic as the exclusive killer and ruled in enteritis in conjunction with arsenic---though this form was unknown then ...

More congruence than the 2008 stuff, IMHO ...

Arsenic being the exact cause of death was ruled out from the get go based on necropsy and clinical symptoms ... A modern test which reveals a large dose of arsenic without detailing the amount needed to induce death, and the amount of time it would take from ingestion to death,to me, can not be the final answer ....

I was, however mistaken that the test was one done prior in 2006, it was the latest version of this technology ...


What I guess I am saying is that I do not believe the test can conclusively rule out that arsenic and other toxins can result in DPJ ... Can it ??? And how ... It only reveals a large amount of arsenic in the sytem, if indeed the separation of taxidermy and ingested arsenic was exact as claimed ...

Stubborn beeyatch, aren't I ???