Warmblood Import Nightmare

[JanM]

There is a local case that’s still under investigation. The owner of the lab has been charged with a lot of charges (forgery, etc), and I’m guessing that civil suits will follow. They did paternity tests, and drug tests, and it was discovered that many results were faked, that impacted a lot of paternity, custody, and drug cases.

https://www.wistv.com/2019/06/02/inv…tests-alabama/

https://www.wsfa.com/2019/05/28/mom-…ustody-battle/

However, this is a local lab, and apparently had no oversight. They were not doing the work, and were faking results.

I’m hoping a federal lab facility has a lot of checks, and balances, and trained personnel. .

[anon6923113]

Wow! More of this sort of forgery and falsification?

How do these people sleep at night???

Other than the woman who had a drug problem… what is the incentive? Are they rewarded for performance in terms of a quantity metric each month? Are they just total lazy and immoral, and have supervisors who also don’t really care or do routine internal audits?

I’m sure these stories are essentially the worst of the worst, and that’s why they are headlines in the news… but they are all really sad. So many lives impacted.

[MHM]

@Nikki^

Annie Dookhan is an American convicted felon who formerly worked as a chemist at Massachusetts Department of Public Health Drug of Abuse lab and admitted to falsifying evidence, affecting up to 34,000 cases.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Anni…hrome&ie=UTF-8

Holy cow. Thanks.

[anon6923113]

@purlsnponies

I’ve only looked at these 2 studies on glanders, but it sounds like a short course of antibiotics might not be expected to do much…

That’s my understanding as well. But someone also mentioned awhile ago that something else relatively common (maybe some sort of strep?) was known to be cross reactive, and might be the sort of thing that could and would cause a false positive on a CFT. My thought was that antibiotics that have been administered, plus the time that has elapsed so far should have eliminated/resolved some of the possible other infections which might be responsible for cross reactivity and a repeated false positive… if that makes sense.

The repeated positives on the CFT over and over and over, while also getting repeated negatives on the Western Blot over and over and over? The horse must have SOMETHING going on.

[purlsnponies]

@Virginia Horse Mom

That’s my understanding as well. But someone also mentioned awhile ago that something else relatively common (maybe some sort of strep?) was known to be cross reactive, and might be the sort of thing that could and would cause a false positive on a CFT. My thought was that antibiotics that have been administered, plus the time that has elapsed so far should have eliminated/resolved some of the possible other infections which might be responsible for cross reactivity and a repeated false positive… if that makes sense.

The repeated positives on the CFT over and over and over, while also getting repeated negatives on the Western Blot over and over and over? The horse must have SOMETHING going on.

Ahh, okay! Gotcha. That makes sense.

[iJump]

I don’t have Facebook and have been following via this thread… are there any updates? Horse is still alive?

[MHM]

@iJump

I don’t have Facebook and have been following via this thread… are there any updates? Horse is still alive?

It sounds that way. Or at least they have not said anything different. I have not seen any new updates since the “Hail Mary” one on Tuesday.

[Temecula_Jumper]

I know I said I wasn’t going to update again, but this news is too good not to share: he is NEGATIVE on all tests! They are going to pick him up tomorrow!

[Temecula_Jumper]

I know I said I wasn’t going to update again, but this news is too good to not share: Waffles is negative! They get to bring him home tomorrow!

[She_s_Pure_Gold]

@Temecula Jumper

I know I said I wasn’t going to update again, but this news is too good to share: Waffles is negative! They get to bring him home tomorrow!

Omg- for real?! That is Amazing news!!! Wow. Family must be so relieved and thankful to at least have their horse after all of this!!! Thank you for updating.

[Denali6298]

@Temecula Jumper

I know I said I wasn’t going to update again, but this news is too good to not share: Waffles is negative! They get to bring him home tomorrow!

Holy shit! Sorry mods. Yahoo!!! Thank you for updating Gabby must be over the moon!!!

[banmharcach]

@Temecula Jumper

I know I said I wasn’t going to update again, but this news is too good to not share: Waffles is negative! They get to bring him home tomorrow!

Here’s hoping he turns out to be everything they expected and more and that they can afford to feed him after this performance. Carrot shortage soon in California??

[Impractical_Horsewoman]

Holy crap, that’s amazing! What a miracle!

I hope that the protocols behind the testing are reviewed, so if this could have been prevented, it does not happen again.

[MHM]

@Temecula Jumper

I know I said I wasn’t going to update again, but this news is too good to not share: Waffles is negative! They get to bring him home tomorrow!

That is so wonderful! So glad to hear it!! Thanks for the happy news!!!

[Lizrd]

This is great news. May Waflles have a long and healthy life with a young horsewoman who dotes on him.

[Temecula_Jumper]

I should add that the bloodwork last week came back with the lowest CFT result the horse had ever had, but the Western Blot for the first time was “suspect”. At that point, Belgium said they would not take him back and the USDA gave the family until 1/31 to euthanize him. The “Hail Mary” effort referenced by the mom was to try to send Waffles to an infectious disease expert at UC Davis, but they declined to take him. The blood test done yesterday was the last chance for the horse, and he was finally negative on both. The USDA has asked the family to make him available for testing over the next few months so they can try to learn more about what caused these bizarre circumstances. The USDA also told the family today they were right all along, and the horse was fine!

[Denali6298]

I’d be asking the USDA for compensation for making my horse available .

[iJump]

@Temecula Jumper

I know I said I wasn’t going to update again, but this news is too good to not share: Waffles is negative! They get to bring him home tomorrow!

Wow, this is a great update! That poor horse having to endure all of this… so happy for him!

[initiate1987]

@Temecula Jumper

I know I said I wasn’t going to update again, but this news is too good to not share: Waffles is negative! They get to bring him home tomorrow!

Amazing to hear! Glad it finally got resolved!

[Denali6298]

OP you should change the title to Waffles Is Free