Whats wrong with manny taking the tests right after the fight?
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EPO is produced in natural and synthetic forms and is readily available from veterinary sources where it is used with horses. Depending on how EPO is manufactured, it creates different antibodies. The testing difficulty is logging the signatures of all the different types/origins of EPO. If not all antibodies are assessed, some cheating might be missed. One individual might have a different signature antibody to another depending on who manufactured the synthetic EPO. Unless a test can detect all, and currently only some can be recognized, the test is considered to be unfair.
A second complicating factor is that introduced EPO only lasts in the body for a short time (as little as 24 hours) but its stimulus effect continues for as long as two weeks. Unless a test is conducted when the EPO is present, for example, one day in fourteen among consistent users, accurate testing will miss it. This reduced probability of positive testing makes its use particularly attractive to individuals who participate in dominantly aerobic fatiguing sports.Comment
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