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Ever wondered how these horse trainers who acquire once fast horses with problems that have slowed down and get them going again do it? What’s their secret? It’s pain killers of course. These trainers aren’t curing the horses they have inherited of their problems. They are not miracle workers, even though they seem to be. […]
Racing officials suspect deadly sea snail venom used as illegal drug By Adam Pengilly and Chris Roots July 9, 2019 — 12.00am A deadly venom found in sea snails which can paralyse fish within a second has emerged as the latest chemical suspected to have infiltrated horse racing, with authorities scrambling to organise testing for the […]
Structural formation of Ziconotide Ziconotide is a synthetic version of a peptide found in the venom of a marine snail, Conus magus. Specifically, it is a 25 amino acid polybasic peptide. Ziconotide blocks N-type voltage-gated calcium channels found in the A-delta and C afferent pain fibers in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord. Blockade of this […]
Ziconotide is an incredibly powerful painkiller that can be used when morphine no longer works. The synthetic painkiller is based on a component in the venom of a marine snail. The venom in its natural form is made of a hundred or more different peptides, most of them harmful to horses and people. “If I […]
Some pain medications can be administered by an intrathecal pump, which delivers the drug directly to the spinal fluid. Intrathecal Drug Delivery A patient suffering intractable pain from a variety of conditions — including cancer; severe spinal conditions, including stenosis or recurrent vertebral fractures; and other neuropathic conditions — may often receive only limited relief with standard medication […]
Description Ziconotide is an N-type calcium channel antagonist used to manage patients with severe chronic pain who cannot tolerate, or who have not responded adequately to other treatments such as intrathecal morphine and systemic analgesics . It is a neurotoxic peptide derived from the cone snail Conus magus comprising 25 amino acids with three disulphide bonds . […]
Four months ago Frankie was the most ferocious dude in town, every town. Everyone was scared of his legendary speed and strength, which he employed to scorch sub 1.50 miles and crush his rivals into the ground. His powers won him the Bonanza and Chariots of Fire, two of the best 4YO races in the […]
Clayton Tonkin had three runners at Melton on Saturday night that started deep in the red. Each one the trio were regarded as being top class. All of them lost. Petracca won the Vicbred Super Series and the Victoria Derby last season. In the Derby it ran 53.98 seconds for the last half over 2760m. […]
Jack Trainor has been outed for 10 months for the Chubby Checker positive swab to levamisole. Kerry Ann Morris should be feeling blessed. Her horse threw positive to levamisole twice. This one of Turbo’s only had one bad swab. The appeal if there is one will be very interesting indeed. So will his sentence for […]
