Researchers can now detect more than 90% of the chromosomal abnormalities in horses, including sex reversal syndrome.
The program is designed to provide participants with skills necessary to work in or operate an equine breeding facility.
About 30% of Fell Ponies and 18% of Dales Ponies are mutation carriers. The syndrome is also found in Gypsy Horses.
This is good news, researchers say, since oxytocin infusion is the best treatment for retained placenta in mares.
An equine reproduction specialist shares tips for breeders to help them make the most of the latest research.
Lecture topics will include anesthesia, eye emergencies, sports medicine, biosecurity, foaling problems, and more.
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.
Research is offering more insight into inherited diseases and conditions in our horses. Learn more about HYPP, PSSM, overo lethal white syndrome, lavender foal syndrome, HERDA, SCID, and more.
There was no difference in birth weight, but placenta weight was lower and size was smaller in winter-foaling mares.
The paternal lines of nearly all modern horses trace to stallions brought to Europe from Asia over the last 700 years.
Genetic and genomic research could help veterinarians diagnose disease early and select more targeted treatments.
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