National HBPA Conference Day 3 Recap: Sharks and No-Effect Thresholds

The 2024 Kent Stirling Memorial Medication panel. From left: Dr. Clara Fenger, Dr. Tom Tobin, Dr. Rob Holland and trainer Ron Moquett. Photo by Denis Blake/NHBPA

What could sharks possibly have to do with a presentation at the National HBPA Conference at Prairie Meadows?

Well, just in time for Friday’s Kent Stirling Memorial Medication Panel, scientists reported finding cocaine in Brazilian sharpnose sharks off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Not in just one, but all 13 sharks tested...