On 7/1/07 11:18, in article , "Rod"
wrote:

"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
...
and if you are organic make
sure that the horse owners are not giving the horses medication, I
think
that we have discussed this topic before and I am still not sure
how
long it takes the drugs to become safe.

I'd be more concerned but not very much concerned about possible
hormone weedkillers on the straw. Without doing any research I would
guess that the horses wouldn't be excreting any significant amounts of
medicines. If most of the medcine wasn't metabolised that would be a
wasted vet's bill wouldn't it?

As has been said upthread, urg discussed this a while ago and I think Janet
Barraclough had discussed the matter with her son, who is a country vet. It
would be worth Googling for.

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