Elective Testing and Detection Times
The IHRB offers an elective analytical service to Trainers and Handlers.
Elective Testing is available to licenced Trainers/Handlers only and is conducted upon receipt of an official request form being submitted. The cost of the sampling kit and the laboratory fee currently stands at €306 including VAT. This fee is at the Trainers/Handlers own expense and must be settled directly from their Horse Racing Ireland Account. Any transport/courier costs incurred, if applicable, will be invoiced separately by the IHRB Accounts Department.
Any Trainer/Handler wishing to avail of an Elective Test should contact the IHRBs Anti-Doping Department on 045-445 600 and request an Elective Test Sample Submission Form. Each section of the form should be completed and returned to the IHRB Anti-Doping team via fax (045) 445 601 or email [email protected].
Elective Sampling Procedure
- Following the request form being received by the IHRB, a urine sampling kit can be collected from the IHRB office or from the team at a race meeting.
- The urine sample for analysis must be a minimum of 100 millilitres.
- Urine must be collected in a clean, leak-proof container. Thoroughly washing hands prior to sample collection is essential and wearing disposable latex gloves during the collection process is advised. Lining the collection container with an unused polythene bag is a good way to minimise the risk of contaminating the sample.
- The sample will be analysed only for the named drug and/or its metabolites.
- Quantitative measurement of threshold substances is not included in the standard Elective Testing service because of the time constraints of this procedure. The laboratory report will be based on the results of a single analysis only. A full, unequivocal confirmatory analysis will not be carried out. The results and cost of the test relate only to the named drug and apply only to the sample received.
- Sample drop off should be arranged via the IHRB Veterinary Department and, to avoid incurring transport costs to the laboratory, every effort will be made to arrange drop off at a scheduled race meeting to allow the elective sample to be transported with a pre-scheduled courier.
- Results are known within four working days of the laboratory’s receipt of the sample. Results are reported to the IHRB, who communicate with the Trainer.
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Substance Preparation Dose Route of Administration
(No. of Horses)Detection Times Acepromazin Sedalin® Vetoquinol UK Ltd 0.15mg/kg, single dose Oral (6) 72 Altrenogest Regumate® Equine MSD Animal Health 44µg/kg for 10 days, once daily Oral (4) 288* Butorphanol Torbugsic® Fort Dodge Animal Health Ltd 100µg/kg, single dose i.v. (6) 72 Butyl Scopolamine/ Dipyrone (Metamizole) Buscopan™ Compositum Boehringer Ingelheim 0.2mg/kg butyl scopolamine/25mg/ kg dipyrone (Metamizole), single dose i.v. (6) 72 Butyl scopolamine Buscopan® Boehringer Ingelheim 0.3mg/kg, single dose i.v. (6) ≤48^ Carprofen Rimadyl® Pfizer Ltd 0.7mg/kg, single dose i.v. (6) 264 Cetirizine Allacan® (Bristol Laboratories Ltd) 190mg twice daily for 4.5 days (9 doses) Oral (2) 96 Ciclesonide Aservo®Equihaler® Ciclesonide inhalation solution 5.5mg/day/5 days then 4.1mg/ day/5 days Inhalation (6) Patented Aservo®Equihaler® 120 Clenbuterol Ventipulmin™ Syrup (25 micrograms/ml) Boehringer Ingelheim 1.6µg/kg/day for 10 Days, once daily Oral (6) 312 Clenbuterol Ventipulmin™ Injection (30 micrograms/ml) Boehringer Ingelheim 0.3µg/kg/day for 5 Days, once daily Nebulised$ (6) 144 Clodronate Osphos® Dechra Veterinary Products 1.53mg/kg Single injection i.m. (32) 30 days Dantrolene Dantrium® 500mg for 3 days, once daily Oral (12) ≤48^ Dembrexine Sputolysin® Boehringer Ingelheim 0.3mg/kg, 9 doses at 12h intervals Oral (6) 96↓ Detomidine Domosedan® Orion Pharma, Finland 0.02mg/kg, single dose i.v. (10) ≤48^ Detomidine/ Butorphano Domosedan® Janssen Torbugesic® Pfizer 10µg/kg followed after 5 minutes with 25µg/kg Torbugesic®, single dose i.v. (6) 72 Dexamethasone isonicotinate Voren® Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd 0.03mg/kg, single dose (15ml/500kg horse) i.m (6) 336 Dexamethasone sodium phosphate Dexadreson® Intervet UK Ltd 0.06mg/kg, single dose (15ml/500kg horse) i.v. (6) 120 Dipyrone Vetalgin® Intervet Deutschland GmbH 30mg/kg, single dose i.v. (10) 72 Eltenac Telzenac® Schering Plough Animal Health 0.5mg/kg for 5 days, once Daily i.v. (6) 192 Firocoxib Equioxx® Merial 100µg/kg for 7 days, once daily Oral (20) 360 (15 days) Flunixin Finadyne® Schering Plough 1mg/kg, single dose i.v. (4) 144 Furosemide Dimazon™ Intervet 1mg/kg, single dose i.v. (6) ≤48^ Hydroxyzine Atarax® (Alliance Pharmaceuticals Ltd) 500mg twice daily for 4.5 days (9 doses) Oral (6) 96 Ipratropium Atrovent™ solution for nebulisation ( 0.5 mg /ml) Boehringer Ingelheim 5.5µg/kg/day for 3 Days, once daily (16.5µg/kg in total) Nebulised** (6) [MDI-Spacer] 120↓ [168] Ketoprofen Ketofen® Merial Animal Health Ltd 2.2mg/kg for 5days, once daily i.v. (6) 96 Lidocaine Norocaine® Norbrook Laboratories 300mg/15mL, single dose 60mg/3mL, single dose s/c (6) 72↑ Meclofenamic acid Not commercially available. Sigma (†see footnote) 2.2mg/kg/single Dose i.v. (6) ≤48^ Meclofenamic acid Dynoton Biove Laboratory Arques, France 4mg/kg for 5 days, once daily Oral (6) 120 Meloxicam Metacam® Boehringer Ingelheim 0.6mg/kg for 14days, once daily Oral (8) 72 Mepivacaine Intra-Epicaine® Arnolds Vet ProductsLtd 2mL/40mg, single dose (0.07 – 0.09mg/kg) s/c to lateral aspect of distal limb (6) 72↑ Mepivacaine Intra-Epicaine® Arnolds Vet Products Ltd 8mL/160mg, single dose (0.28 – 0.36mg/kg) s/c neck (6) 72↑ Misoprostol Cytotec® 5µg/kg for 14 days, twice daily Oral (6) ≤48^ Naproxen Naprosyn™ Roche 10mg/kg for 5 days, once daily Oral (6) >360 (15) Omeprazole Gastrogard ®37% oral Paste Merial 1mg/kg for 28days, once daily Oral (* see note) ≤48^ Phenylbutazone Equipalazone® Arnolds Vet Products Ltd Phenylarthrite™ Vetoquinol SA Equipalazone® Intervet SA 4.7mg/kg for 5days, twice daily 8.8mg/kg, single dose 8.8mg/kg for 1 day, twice daily followed by; 4.4mg/kg for 10 days, twice daily Oral (2)
i.v. (6)
Oral (6)168 Prednisolone Prednidale® 25 mg Dechra 1mg/kg, single dose Oral (6) ≤ 48^ Procaine benzylpenicillin Depocillin® MSD Animal Health 12mg/kg for 5 days, once or twice daily i.m. (4) 240x Romifidine Sedivet® Boehringer Ingelheim 80µg/kg, single dose i.v. (8) 60 Romifidine/ Butorphanol Sedivet® Boehringer Ingelheim Torbugesic® Pfizer 60µg/kg followed after 5 minutes with 25µg/kg Torbugesic®, single dose i.v. (6) 72 Salbutamol Ventolin Evohaler® Allen & Hansburys 5 x 100µg actuations per dose for 2 days at 4 hourly dosing during day Inhaled via a pMDI through a spacer into nostrils(‡ see note) (6 72↓3 Tildronate Tildren® Ceva Animal Health 0.1mg/kg/10 days i.v.(6) 30 days Vedaprofen Quadrisol® Intervet SA 2mg/kg, single dose i.v.(6) 96 Xylazine Chanazine® 0.4mg/kg, single dose i.v.(6) 72 -
Bisphosphonates Detection Times Two New Detection Times have been agreed by the EHSLC, to be effective from 01 February 2021:
Please note: those preparations from Arnolds Vet Products Ltd are now marketed and licensed under Dechra Veterinary Products
† Prepared according to Johansson et al Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Analysis (1986) 4, 2 171-179
* Calculated from several studies involving differing numbers of horses
* Calculated from several studies involving differing numbers of horses
** Note that the previously released DT of 7 days relates to this product being given via a Metered Dose Inhaler/Spacer administration system whereas this 5 day advice relates to true
** Note that the previously released DT of 7 days relates to this product being given via a Metered Dose Inhaler/Spacer administration system whereas this 5 day advice relates to true
nebulisation.
$ This route of administration is not licensed in the UK
‡These products are licenced human medications and therefore should be used in accordance with Veterinary
Medicine Regulations guidance on the use of the cascade, including precautions to ensure human safety.
^The BHA, an EHSLC member country, requires that a prohibited substance may not be given on the day of a race. Other EHSLC member countries advise that a prohibited substance
may not be given within 48 hours, or longer, of a race. Therefore, no Detection Times ≤ 48 hours will be advised by the EHSLC with whom the BHA harmonise Detection Times.
Substance Preparation Dose Route of Administration
(No. of horses)Detection Time (hours) Clodronate Osphos® Dechra Veterinary Products 1.53mg/kg Single injection i.m. (32) 30 days Tiludronate Tildren® 0.1mg/kg For 10 days i.v. (6) 30 days
