71 IAC 8-8-1 - Postmortem; disposal of a dead horse

Authority: IC 4-31-3-9; IC 4-31-12-10

Affected: IC 4-31

Sec. 1.

(a) The official veterinarian, or his/her designee, or judges shall order a postmortem examination of:

(1) each horse that:

(A) suffers a breakdown on the racetrack, in training, or in competition; and

(B) is destroyed; and

(2) each horse that expires while stabled on a racetrack under the jurisdiction of the commission; to determine the injury or sickness that resulted in euthanasia or natural death.

(b) All shoes shall be left on the horse.

(c) A postmortem examination under this section shall be conducted by a veterinarian approved by the commission, at a time and place acceptable to the official veterinarian, in accordance with the most recent addition [sic] of the Association of Equine Practitioners Guidelines for the Necropsy of a Racehorse.

(d) Test samples specified by the official veterinarian shall be obtained from the carcass upon which the postmortem examination is conducted and shall be sent to a laboratory approved by the commission for testing for foreign substances and natural substances at abnormal levels. However, blood and urine test samples shall be procured before euthanasia when practical. The presence of a prohibited substance in a specimen collected during the postmortem examination may constitute a violation.

(e) The commission shall pay all costs involved in a postmortem examination ordered by the commission or the official veterinarian.

(f) A written record shall be filed with the official veterinarian or his/her designee at the completion of each postmortem examination. The record must contain all information normally contained in a postmortem report, as well as any other information specifically requested by the official veterinarian.

Notes

71 IAC 8-8-1

Indiana Horse Racing Commission; 71 IAC 8-8-1; emergency rule filed Feb 10, 1994, 9:20 a.m.: 17 IR 1175; readopted filed Oct 30, 2001, 11:50 a.m.: 25 IR 899; emergency rule filed Mar 10, 2006, 11:00 a.m.: 29 IR 2221; emergency rule filed Mar 23, 2010, 1:27 p.m.: 20100331-IR-071100170ERA; emergency rule filed Mar 3, 2011, 11:50 a.m.: 20110309-IR-071110100ERA Readopted filed 10/13/2017, 2:49 p.m.: 20171108-IR-071170171RFA Readopted filed 4/20/2023, 3:46 p.m.: 20230517-IR-071230091RFA Readopted filed 8/3/2023, 12:49 p.m.: 20230830-IR-071230428RFA