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Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center Faculty Publications

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2016

Methamphetamine identifications

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A Cluster Of Trace-Concentration Methamphetamine Identifications In Racehorses Associated With A Methamphetamine-Contaminated Horse Trailer: A Report And Analysis, Kimberly Brewer, Theodore F. Shults, Jacob Machin, Sucheta Kudrimoti, Rodney L. Eisenberg, Petra Hartman, Caroline Wang, Clara Fenger, Pierre Beaumier, Thomas Tobin Aug 2016

A Cluster Of Trace-Concentration Methamphetamine Identifications In Racehorses Associated With A Methamphetamine-Contaminated Horse Trailer: A Report And Analysis, Kimberly Brewer, Theodore F. Shults, Jacob Machin, Sucheta Kudrimoti, Rodney L. Eisenberg, Petra Hartman, Caroline Wang, Clara Fenger, Pierre Beaumier, Thomas Tobin

Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center Faculty Publications

Three low concentration methamphetamine “positive” tests were linked to use of a methamphetamine-contaminated trailer to transport the affected horses. This incident establishes methamphetamine as a human-use substance that can inadvertently enter the environment of racing horses, resulting in urinary methamphetamine “positives;” an interim regulatory cut-off of 15 ng/mL for methamphetamine in post-race urine is proposed.