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A two-day trial for a Manitoba farm that exports live horses was adjourned Monday after the defence successfully argued a late disclosure of documents could negatively affect their ability to properly cross-examine an expert witness and defend their client.

It's believed to be the first case of the rarely-used private prosecution connected to farmed animals.

A private citizen applied for a charge to be laid against Carolyle Farms, a live-horse exporter in Swan River, Man., and a judge granted the request last year.