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Featured Four hours before post time, nearly every thoroughbred about to race in the United States gets a shot of a diuretic best known by its human brand name, Lasix. The drug prevents or limits bleeding in a horse’s lungs and breathing passages when they run all-out. But it also triggers horses to lighten their load by leaving behind several pounds of urine before breaking from the starting gate. That, combined with its widespread use, suggests it’s being abused as a performance enhancer, according to its opponents. Read More…
Sarah Cotton of rural St. Joseph is concerned for the health of her family’s two horses as a contagious and fatal virus plagues Western states. Her concern might be shared by other nervous horse owners. Missouri is third in the number of horses in the United States, according to the Missouri Department of Agriculture. The U.S. Department of Agriculture puts the number of horses at 12,500 for 15 Northwest Missouri counties. As of Thursday, USDA reported 84 cases of a mutated form of an equine herpes virus in 10 Western states that trace back to late April.
The outbreak, which is believed to stem from horses attending an Odgen, Utah, cutting horse championship competition in early May, has now seen dozens of horses test positive for the disease, and more than 10 horses have been euthanized or died as a result