Counterfeit Clenbuterol Killing Horses

Two sources have verified that there have been an undetermined number of deaths in Louisiana since last week from an illegal clenbuterol product. One report was that six horses are known dead, and approximately 10 more have been severely affecte

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Two sources have verified that there have been an undetermined number of deaths in Louisiana since last week from an illegal clenbuterol product. One report was that six horses are known dead, and approximately 10 more have been severely affected by the illegal product. Reportedly deaths have occurred with only one dose.


There have been unsubstantiated reports that the product might have been smuggled in from Belize.


Bob Stenbom, DVM, a field technical veterinarian with Boehringer-Ingelheim, makers of the legal clenbuterol product called Ventipulmin Syrup, stated: “Boehringer-Ingelheim’s Ventipulmin is the only licensed clenbuterol product in the United States and world-wide. Anything else is counterfeit.” Boehringer-Ingelheim also producesa private label clenbuterol sold to distributor customers under the name Aeropulmin. This is also a legal product.


The deaths reportedly were caused from the illegal product being many times more potent than the licensed, legal product

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Kimberly S. Brown is the editor of EquiManagement/EquiManagement.com and the group publisher of the Equine Health Network at Equine Network LLC.

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