Equine DNA testing
Genetic disorders
Packages
5 panel, 6 panel (QH, Paint etc.)
Various breeds
Overo lethal white syndrome (frame overo)
Congenital stationary night blindness (appaloosa)
Polysaccharide storage myopathy type 1 (PSSM1)
Arabians, pure and part-bred
Severe combined immune deficiency (SCID)
Friesians, pure and part-bred
Warmbloods, pure and part-bred
Fell Ponies, Dale Ponies and Gypsy horses, pure and part-bred
Foal immunodeficiency syndrome (FIS)
Quarter horses and related breeds, pure and part-bred
Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HYPP)
Glycogen enzyme branching deficiency (GBED)
Hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia (HERDA)
Saddlebred and related breeds, pure and part-bred
Junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB)
Akhal Teke, pure and part-bred
Connemara, pure and part-bred
Hoof wall separation disease (HWSD)
Coat colour tests
Parentage
Us
Practical Horse Genetics
Why test for HERDA?
HERDA is an autosomal recessive disorder, meaning that it is not sex-linked, and that HERDA carriers with one copy of the gene are not affected. HERDA is part of the Quarter Horse and Paint Horse 5-panel, and is most commonly found in cutting lines.
Horses with two copies of the HERDA gene have extremely fragile skin, particularly along their back. Their skin can rip or tear easily, and the large wounds that result from this tearing are painful and like most wounds on horses carry a substantial risk of infection.
Our test is based on the single nucleotide polymorphism identified by Tryon et al. (2007): doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2007.03.009
