Flanders wrote: ↑Fri Feb 03, 2023 5:35 pm
Starine wrote: ↑Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:38 pm
Report: Brant’s Royally-Bred 2-Year-Old Filly Remains Stuck In USDA Quarantine Stall Over ‘Faulty’ Test
https://paulickreport.com/horse-care-ca ... ulty-test/
Belle Gambe, a 2-year-old half-sister to Breeders' Cup champion Uni, has been stuck in a United States Department of Agriculture quarantine stall for over three weeks due to what owner Peter Brant calls a “faulty” test, reports the Thoroughbred Daily News.
Apparently this happens every year and has for a long time.
https://horsesdaily.com/article/equine- ... ing-horses Too much info to post here but it definitely is a faulty test.
This is bananas. It's a disease that is almost only seen in horses who have been bred... she's a 2 yr old filly and probably she's been watched like a hawk considering her bloodlines. It's not a disease found in Ireland or the US. The USDA won't treat her for anything.
Of course the problem is that the USDA lacks the funding it needs to operate correctly. They probably had to hire underqualified people who are not vets who can't veer from regulations because they don't understand veterinary science. This all in the name of legislators getting people to want to dismantle the USDA - don't give it funding, then cry about how it doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work, for things to work, you need to fund them.
It really sucks that this filly and others are the victims of this political posturing.
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