DOPING OF HORSES
American scientists have stated that a ten-minute test with a mouse will show whether or not a horse has been doped with morphine or heroin. A quarter of a teaspoonful of the horse's saliva is injected into the mouse. Within 10 minutes the mouse's tail curves up into a letter S if the horse has been given morphine or heroin. In addition, the mouse humps up its back, its hair stands on end and its hindlegs become " twittery." Other substances produce this effect on the mouse's tail, but the combination of tail curve and the other symptoms described arc said to be produced only by morphine, heroin or other opiate.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21396, 20 October 1934, Page 7 (Supplement)
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113DOPING OF HORSES New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21396, 20 October 1934, Page 7 (Supplement)
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