In the governor’s ruling issued on November 7, two equestrian veterinarians based in Indianapolis horseshoe was suspended for 60 days and fined $5,000 for violating Indiana Equestrian Commission rules.
Dr. Nicole Wettstein and Dr. Cynthia Loomis were cited for violations of “prohibiting possession and/or use of drugs, substances or drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration” and violations. related to FDA and IHRC, including labeling.
The suspension for Loomis and Wettstein, cadets of the Kentucky Equine Medical Association, is scheduled for November 7 through January 5, though Loomis has appealed.
Loomis said the IHRC searched a storage room on July 5 on the back bench in which two vets stored materials and equipment, “where we locked everything, the equipment, machinery and inventory, a lot of it is expired medicine, it’s on shelves, not necessarily distributed, some of it is waiting to be returned to home base, Louisville, to be handled properly.”
She said she did not receive any notice from the IHRC about a hearing based on this search until after an administrative law judge ruled in her favor regarding her He was temporarily suspended in Indiana this summer. That suspension, which lapsed after the judge’s decision, was because she allegedly treated horses trained by Marvin Johnson in an unlawful manner at Horseshoe Indianapolis on July 4.
This fall, the IHRC suspended Johnson and his wife, Christy, for one year each and fined them $5,000.
