MP denounces feed company for the death of 80 horses and losses of R$82 million in stud farms in AL

Prosecutor Ary Lages Filho also requested the seizure and unavailability of movable and immovable assets, in addition to financial assets and equity interests of the company and those accused. “There is a report proving the contamination that occurred as a result of the food offered by Nutratta, which caused organic failure compatible with food poisoning”, explained the prosecutor. Among the animals that lived at the stud and died was the horse Quantum de Alcatéia, valued at R$12 million. He was considered one of the great promises of the Mangalarga Marchador breed, mainly due to his reproductive capacity. According to the MP-AL, after consuming the food, the animals showed symptoms such as lethargy, ataxia, blindness, head compression, liver failure and walking in circles. Quantum de Alcatéia was one of the promises of the Mangalarga Marchador breed Personal archive/Luciano Conceição The Public Ministry of Alagoas also reported that, after an analysis by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), it was found that the feed contained toxic elements, such as monocrotaline and the pyrrolizidine alkaloid. In addition to the 80 horses killed at Haras Nova Alcatéia, in Alagoas, at least another 284 horse deaths were recorded in several states across the country.