Achieved in horse deaths caused by contaminated food Agreement

By Jennifer Kay

Miami Beach, Florida (AP) -. Riding in Florida, where 22 horses are poisoned by contaminated food an agreement with the company that produces and sells food has reached.

Two horses had to be euthanized Friday, bringing the death toll to six since October Davie Horse Master said Andy Jaffa, the lawyer of the Centre and the owner of 20 horses.

All horses in the middle of eating contaminated food, and all will eventually die. Their owners hardly not free watch animals as their health.

Terms of the deal last week with Lakeland Animal Nutrition is confidential, but Jaffa said Monday that its customers new horses and care of the remaining sick horses for sale - all of which are expected to die.

Affected horses ponies in value from $ 25,000 to $ 50,000 for elite competition worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"The other horses deteriorate further - sadly," Jaffa said. "We knew we had to do, but I do not believe it. We did not know it would be so soon."

The food came to the school in September, but it was weeks before anyone realized that there was something with horses in the masterpiece.

Since the first death in October horse owners tried to keep their pets at home, lavish attention on them with "spa day" in their stables. All lessons were suspended and the parents of young drivers struggling center to explain how all the horses, not just one or two, dying and there was nothing we could do except to give treats horses and additional toilet.

Lakeland Animal Nutrition pollution was limited to the masterpiece of food, and no other horses also said angry because of it. The company, based in Lakeland recalled based product has stopped producing horse feed and realized that food monensin and lasalocid content delivered to additives, anti-bacterial as safe for livestock and poultry masterpiece, but poisonous to horses muscles.

The CEO Jonathan Lang said 95-year-old company was devastated by the loss masterpiece on the ground.

"Despite their beloved animals never replaced, it is our hope that this agreement will bring the peace and allow them to pursue his passion for nursing and sport," Mr. Long said in an e-mail.

Died autopsies four horses, the masterpiece before the agreement last week confirmed monensin poisoning. The horses are all showed the same progressive symptoms, including difficulty standing, but no autopsy needed Jaffa said.

"We know what causes this," said Jaffa, adding that Lakeland Animal Nutrition had "has honorably traded throughout the recovery process."

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Florida consumers surveyed.