This yellow, amber, or orange iris found in some Paso Finos seems to have no association with eye or vision problems.
Researchers have found yet another genetic variation responsible for yet-unexplained white spotting.
Terje Raudsepp, PhD, presented in honor of UK equine genetics researcher Teri Lear, PhD, who passed away in 2016.
Base coat color and horse sex appear to play significant roles in spotting patterns, researchers learned.
Gene doping’s effects, good or bad, remain unclear. It might not affect performance and could have serious side effects.
The “Gaitkeeper” gene mutation has been linked to success in trotting races in Standardbreds.
An “athletic” heart is a heritable characteristic linked to good endurance performance, researchers confirmed.
The center will DNA test all Thoroughbred foals and serve 30 other horse breed societies across Australia.
Researchers can now detect more than 90% of the chromosomal abnormalities in horses, including sex reversal syndrome.
About 30% of Fell Ponies and 18% of Dales Ponies are mutation carriers. The syndrome is also found in Gypsy Horses.
Dr. Ernest Bailey shares information about genetic diseases that related to specific breeds.
Lavender foal, lethal white, blindness, and deafness are all color-related genetic problems. Dr. Samantha Brooks explains.
Dr. Samantha Brooks explains how dominant and recessive genes differ and how they are expressed in individual horses.
Dr. Ernest Bailey explains how to collect a DNA sample from your horse and how the lab tests it.
Researchers say naked foal syndrome is related to a nonsense gene variant and appears to be unique to Akhal-Tekes.
Of the 270 respondents, only 74 (27%) said they’ve had a horse tested for a genetic disorder or disease.
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