Polo Pony Deaths

When 21 polo ponies died last weekend within a short period of each other just hours before they were scheduled to play at the U.S. Open Polo Championship in Wellington in West Palm Beach, it opened a criminal probe and started a veterinary investigation to find the cause.

Toxins or contaminated feed were the main suspects and now it seems that the injections they were given before the game with a vitamin supplement called Biodyl are most likely involved. All the horses that were injected died. None of the others had a problem. The vitamins are given to help them recover from exhaustion. It appears the doses they received that day may have been tainted.

Investigations continue.

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