Texas Increases Number of Post-Race Drug Tests
The Texas Racing Commission has authorized the Texas Medical Diagnostic Laboratory to increase the amount of ELISA tests it conducts and decrease the number of screens it evaluates from urine samples collected for post-race analysis.
Officials have indicated the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test is cost-effective and highly sensitive, and it also tends to take less time to analyz
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The Texas Racing Commission has authorized the Texas Medical Diagnostic Laboratory to increase the amount of ELISA tests it conducts and decrease the number of screens it evaluates from urine samples collected for post-race analysis.
Officials have indicated the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test is cost-effective and highly sensitive, and it also tends to take less time to analyze a sample than one analyzed by thin layer chromatography. Plus, the ELISA procedure probably would uncover more Class 2 and 3 drugs, officials said
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