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Pharmacy may be to blame in horse deaths

latimes.com
Apr. 24, 2009
A wrongly mixed vitamin compound given to the 21 animals was a substitute for Biodyl, a supplement that is not allowed in the U.S. A pharmacy acknowledged Thursday that it had incorrectly mixed a vitamin compound given to 21 polo horses before they mysteriously collapsed and died.
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