Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-10-5 - Authorized medications

(a) Furosemide may be administered to any horse that is entered in a race meeting, subject to the requirements of these racing regulations. Except upon the instructions of the animal health officer or an assistant animal health officer to remove the horse from the veterinarian's list or to facilitate the collection of a post-race urine sample, the administration of furosemide shall be permitted only if all of the following requirements are met.

(1) The animal health officer or an assistant animal health officer shall place the horse's name on the bleeder list or the furosemide list, or on both lists.

(2) The furosemide shall be administered at a location approved by the animal health officer or an assistant animal health officer and at least four hours before post time for the race in which each horse is entered, unless otherwise authorized in advance by the animal health officer or assistant animal health officer.

(3) Furosemide shall be administered only by a practicing veterinarian designated by the trainer to administer the furosemide to each horse under the supervision of the animal health officer or an assistant animal health officer.

(4) No dose of furosemide administered shall exceed 250 milligrams, unless otherwise authorized in advance by the animal health officer or an assistant animal health officer. In addition to the dosage restriction specified in this paragraph, furosemide shall be administered only intravenously and only in a single injection.

(5) Each horse to which furosemide is administered shall remain under the care, custody, and control of the trainer or the designated representative from the time the furosemide is administered until the time for the horse to be removed to the saddling paddock.

(6) Each owner shall pay all expenses resulting from the administration of furosemide. These costs shall include the following:

(A) Administration;

(B) injection;

(C) laryngoscopic examination;

(D) custody; and

(E) security.

(7) The use of furosemide shall be required to be approved in advance and shall be subject to the following requirements:

(A) The specific gravity of post-race urine samples shall be measured to ensure that the specific gravity (sg) of the urine is 1.010 or higher. If the sg of the post-race urine sample is below 1.010, quantitation of furosemide in serum or plasma shall then be performed.

(B) When a serum or plasma sample is quantitated, the concentration of furosemide in the sample shall not exceed 100 nanograms per milliliter of serum or plasma. Each concentration above 100 ng/ml shall be deemed a violation of this regulation.

(b) No person shall administer a medication to any horse entered to race except upon authorization of the animal health officer or assistant animal health officer in compliance with these regulations.

(c) No medication other than authorized bleeder medication shall be administered to any horse entered to race within 24 hours of the race in which the horse is entered.

(d)

(1) No more than one approved nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) substance may be administered to a horse that is entered to race. The NSAID administered shall be one of the following authorized drug substances:

(A) Phenylbutazone in a dosage amount so that the test sample taken after the race contains no more than 5.0 micrograms of drug substance per milliliter of blood plasma or serum;

(B) flunixin in a dosage amount so that the test sample taken after the race contains no more than 20 nanograms of drug substance per milliliter of blood plasma or serum; or

(C) ketoprofen in a dosage amount so that the test sample taken after the race contains no more than 10 nanograms per milliliter of blood plasma or serum.

(2) Each trainer shall file a request for the use of any authorized NSAID with the animal health officer or an assistant animal health officer on an official request form approved by the animal health officer before the horse is entered in a race.

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-10-5

Authorized by K.S.A. 74-8804; implementing K.S.A. 74-8811; effective, T-112-3-31-89, March 31, 1989; effective June 26, 1989; amended, T-112-8-13-92, Aug. 13, 1992; amended, T-112-12-10-92, Dec. 10, 1992; amended Feb. 15, 1993; amended Oct. 24, 1997; amended July 30, 2004; amended Aug. 26, 2005.