Rapid Detection of Doping with Morphine in Horses

Author: Mandana Vaziri* and Ali Sarani**

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Abstract

In recent years, popularity of horse-riding has increased which has caused many consequences and problems. One of the important issues raised in equestrian sports is the abuse of different drugs for doping. It has been reported that flunixin meglumine has been mainly used for doing of horses in recent years in Iran and also most of doping cases are of morphine type. In this study, urinary morphine detection kit, with the ability to detect at least 300 mg/ml morphine in urine, manufactured by a France company named ABON® was used for early detection of morphine in horse doping. For this purpose, 36 horses of both sexes (26 horses in the experimental group and 10 horses as the control) were obtained. Horses in the experimental group were intramuscularly treated with 0.4 mg/kg morphine sulfate produced by Daroo Pakhsh Company. In addition, 10 control horses received distilled water by the same amount. Then, urine samples were collected 3, 24, and 48 hours after administration and tested

Keywords

Rapid detection of doping; Morphine Sulfate; Horse; Urinary kit

Conclusion

In recent years, popularity of horse-riding has increased which has caused many consequences and problems. One of the important issues raised in equestrian sports is the abuse of different drugs for doping. It has been reported that flunixin meglumine has been mainly used for doing of horses in recent years in Iran and also most of doping cases are of morphine type. In this study, urinary morphine detection kit, with the ability to detect at least 300 mg/ml morphine in urine, manufactured by a France company named ABON® was used for early detection of morphine in horse doping. For this purpose, 36 horses of both sexes (26 horses in the experimental group and 10 horses as the control) were obtained. Horses in the experimental group were intramuscularly treated with 0.4 mg/kg morphine sulfate produced by Daroo Pakhsh Company. In addition, 10 control horses received distilled water by the same amount. Then, urine samples were collected 3, 24, and 48 hours after administration and tested

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Mandana Vaziri and Ali Sarani (2016). Rapid Detection of Doping with Morphine in Horses , Biological Forum – An International Journal 8(1): 238-240.