A lamb who won an award at a county fair in Ohio is under scrutiny after veterinarians discovered illicit drugs in its system, a report said.
The grand champion market lamb at a 4-H contest earlier this month in Logan County tested positive for diuretics before it was sent to slaughter, according to Ohio’s WCMH-TV.
“We don’t know how it got in there, and we may never know,” Dr. Tony Forshey, the state veterinarian at the Ohio Department of Agriculture, told the network.
“But it’s the exhibitor’s responsibility to present an animal to the fair for competition that’s free of all of those.”
The drug not only gives the animal an unfair advantage in competitions, but may contaminate its meat as well.
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Award-winning lamb under investigation for performance-enhancing drugs
A lamb who won an award at a county fair in Ohio is under scrutiny after veterinarians discovered illicit drugs in its system, a report said. The grand champion market lamb at a 4-H contest earlier…
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