Move Planned for New York Drug-Testing Lab

After nearly four decades, New York’s Cornell University is moving to close its world-famous equine drug-testing laboratory. An equine science program at a state university 70 miles up the road is eagerly willing to take over, and expand, an operation vital to the state’s horse industry.

The transfer of lab operations from Cornell to Morrisville State College in

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After nearly four decades, New York’s Cornell University is moving to close its world-famous equine drug-testing laboratory. An equine science program at a state university 70 miles up the road is eagerly willing to take over, and expand, an operation vital to the state’s horse industry.

The transfer of lab operations from Cornell to Morrisville State College in central New York could be completed by early next spring, with Dr. George Maylin, one of the leading experts in equine drug testing and veterinary toxicology, making the move with the program, officials said.

“We have as much invested in the racing industry as anyone,” said Raymond Cross, president of Morrisville, which has a growing equine science program. “We think this is a nice fit for what we do.”

Cross, who is leading what has been a quiet effort for Morrisville to become the state’s equine testing lab, talked of ensuring a seamless transfer of the lab from Cornell to his state university facility in the coming months. Beyond that, though, Cross has lofty visions for propping up the lab to not only test equine samples from New York, but other states as well

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