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11-29-2006

VETERINARIANS WARNED OF DRUG-RELATED HORSE DEATHS

Commissioner of Agriculture Gus R. Douglass is alerting veterinarians and horse owners of a U.S. Food and Drug Agency (FDA) warning regarding the deaths of several horses in Louisiana associated with a product labeled as Clenbuterol HCL.

FDA noted in a release that it lists no approved generic Clenbuterol-containing products. The only product approved for horses goes by the trade name Ventipulmin. The drug is only available through a veterinary prescription and is used to treat horses with airway obstruction, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Horse owners and veterinarians who know of horse injuries or deaths that may have been caused by Clenbuterol HCL are urged to contact the West Virginia Department of Agriculture’s Animal Health Division at 304-558-2214, or the FDA office serving West Virginia at 410-779-5713.

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture protects plant, animal and human health through a variety of scientific, regulatory and consumer protection programs, as mandated by state law. The Commissioner of Agriculture is one of six statewide elected officials in West Virginia. Currently, Commissioner Gus R. Douglass is the longest-serving agriculture commissioner in the nation. For more information, visit www.wvagriculture.org.

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