Review of Environmental Morphine Identifications: Worldwide Occurrences and Responses of Authorities
Abstract
Opium poppies grow wild worldwide, and testing for morphine is now highly sensitive. Currently, many authorities worldwide do not pursue urinary morphine concentrations of less than 100 ng /ml. This is because such low urinary morphine concentrations are likely to be environmental morphine identifications (EMIs) and are also unlikely to be associated with pharmacological responses.
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2005
Funding Information
This study was supported by the following Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Associations: Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; Canada; Charles Town, West Virginia; Florida; Kentucky; Iowa; Louisiana; Michigan; Minnesota; National; Nebraska; Ohio; Oklahoma; Ontario, Canada; Oregon; Pennsylvania; Tampa Bay Downs; Texas; Washington State; and West Virginia.
Repository Citation
Camargo, Fernanda; Lehner, A. F.; Karpiesiuk, W.; Stirling, Kent; Kavanagh, Pierce V.; Brennan, Noel; Dowling, Mark; and Tobin, Thomas, "Review of Environmental Morphine Identifications: Worldwide Occurrences and Responses of Authorities" (2005). Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center Faculty Publications. 90.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gerc_facpub/90
Notes/Citation Information
This article was published as 358 in the Equine Pharmacology, Therapeutics, and Toxicology Program at the Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center and Department of Veterinary Science at the University of Kentucky. This article was also published as Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station Article 05- 14-035 with the approval of the Dean and the Director of the College of Agriculture and the Kentucky Agricultural Experimental Station.