Can a horse that has been treated for sarcoides go in to the food chain?

Not sure about LC, but I would imagine that the horse might have had bute at the same time as the LC in which case, no, it can't go into the food chain. If it has not had bute then I would ask your vet about LC - it is pretty toxic stuff though so there might well be restrictions.

Martlin - once a horse has had bute it can never go in the food chain.There is a selection of drugs which, once given, mean a horse may never enter the FC, and PBZ is one of them.
 
The only drugs that can be used on horses who are likely to enter the food chain are drugs that have a recognised withdrawal period for safe residue levels.

Liverpool cream has no 'withdrawal period' and has not undergone official licensing 'safety' tests so it should only be used on horses that have been passported as 'not for human consumption. Bute is lso designated as NEVER to be used in horses intended for human consumption.
 
It would be interesting to know what testing goes on on european horse meat for these substances. As part of my 'public health' rotation I did a talk on the horse meat trade and found a paper that said that 90% of USA horse meat contained traces of PBZ - which was slightly worrying given that i also found a few papers that stated that bute may be carcinogenic to people when ingested (no idea how true this is though). It led to a discussion with our group regarding the fact that if the European horse meat industry were to be made smaller due to all the restrictions on drugs and welfare, then Europe may well end up importing meat that contains all the residues we have been trying to avoid!
 
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Murphy88 said:
It would be interesting to know what testing goes on on european horse meat for these substances. As part of my 'public health' rotation I did a talk on the horse meat trade and found a paper that said that 90% of USA horse meat contained traces of PBZ - which was slightly worrying given that i also found a few papers that stated that bute may be carcinogenic to people when ingested (no idea how true this is though). It led to a discussion with our group regarding the fact that if the European horse meat industry were to be made smaller due to all the restrictions on drugs and welfare, then Europe may well end up importing meat that contains all the residues we have been trying to avoid!
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I have my own thoughts on people who eat horse meat. Until horses are properly farmed and despatched humanely, as close to source as humanly possible, those who eat horsemeat deserve everything they get. Sorry!
 
So if a horse had had bute for a different reason before (not due to sarcoides) then it can't go for human consumption? But can it go for dog food? And what happends if a horse has had bute but it was never recorded in its passport?
 
Once a horse has had bute for any reason, the section at the back of the passport should be signed to say it can't go for human consumption. If you know your horse has had bute at some point you should really ask your vet to sign the section as well.

Brighteyes - that is another way of looking at it I suppose! I often wonder whether the Europeans (especially Italians, for whom horses travel live thousands of miles from eastern europe) understand what they are eating, or if they genuinely believe it is Italian origin (as it is labelled). I would never eat horse meat unless I knew where it had come from, hence would never consider it in Europe the way it stands. I would ever eat american meat simply because the way horses are shipped to Mexico and then slaughtered is horrendous.
 
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