Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part VIII - State Horse Racing Commission
Subpart F - Foreign Substances, Medications, Drugs and Equine Veterinary Practices
Chapter 403 - EQUINE VETERINARY PRACTICES-TEMPORARY REGULATIONS
Section 403.13 - Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Universal Citation: 7 PA Code ยง 403.13
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
The use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory drugs (NSAID) shall be governed by the following conditions:
(a) NSAIDs included in the Commission's annually approved Controlled Therapeutic Medication List are not to be used in a manner inconsistent with the restrictions contained therein. NSAIDs not included on the Commission's Controlled Therapeutic Medication List are not to be present in a racing horse biological test sample at the laboratory concentration of detection.
(b) The presence of more than one NSAID may constitute a NSAID stacking violation consistent with the following restrictions:
(1) A Class 1 NSAID Stacking Violation
(Penalty Class B) occurs when:
(i) Two
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory drugs are found at individual levels determined
to exceed the following restrictions:
(a)
Diclofenac-5 nanograms per milliliter of plasma or serum;
(b) Firocoxib-20 nanograms per milliliter of
plasma or serum;
(c) Flunixin-20
nanograms per milliliter of plasma or serum;
(d) Ketoprofen-2 nanograms per milliliter of
plasma or serum;
(e)
Phenylbutazone-2 micrograms per milliliter of plasma or serum; or
(f) All other Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory
drugs-laboratory concentration of detection.
(ii) Three or more Non-Steroidal
Anti-Inflammatory drugs are found at individual levels determined to exceed the
following restrictions:
(a) Diclofenac-5
nanograms per milliliter of plasma or serum;
(b) Firocoxib-20 nanograms per milliliter of
plasma or serum;
(c) Flunixin-3
nanograms per milliliter of plasma or serum;
(d) Ketoprofen-1 nanograms per milliliter of
plasma or serum;
(e)
Phenylbutazone-0.3 micrograms per milliliter of plasma or serum; or
(f) All other Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory
drugs-laboratory concentration of detection.
(2) A Class 2 NSAID Stacking Violation
(Penalty Class C) occurs when:
(i) Any one
substance noted in subsection (b)(1) is found in excess of the restrictions
contained therein in combination with any one of the following substances at
levels below the restrictions so noted but in excess of the following levels:
(a) Flunixin-3 nanograms per milliliter of
plasma or serum;
(b) Ketoprofen-1
nanogram per milliliter of plasma or serum; or
(c) Phenylbutazone-0.3 micrograms per
milliliter of plasma or serum.
(3) A Class 3 NSAID Stacking Violation
(Penalty Class C, fines only) occurs when:
(i)
Any combination of two of the following Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory drugs
are found at or below the restrictions in subsection (b)(1)(i), but in excess
of the noted restrictions:
(a) Flunixin-3
nanograms per milliliter of plasma or serum;
(b) Ketoprofen-1 nanogram per milliliter of
plasma or serum; or
(c)
Phenylbutazone-0.3 micrograms per milliliter of plasma or serum;
(c) Any horse to which a NSAID has been
administered shall be subject to having a blood or urine samples, or both,
taken at the direction of the Commission Veterinarian to determine the
quantitative NSAID levels or the presence of other drugs, or both, which may be
present in the blood or urine samples.
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