We are taking an Easter break between the Easter and ANZAC day long weekends. You can still place orders now, and also while we are on break. If we we receive but don't finish testing your samples before Easter they will be at the top of our list when we re-open.
DNA testing for health, appearance and pedigree verification in horses
Learn about one of the tests we do: Lp/Appaloosa/night blindness
Appaloosa, also known as Lp or the leopard spotting complex, is a justifiably famous equine coat colour. Its spectacular patterns appear as white spotting or roaning in the coat. The amount of white ranges from just a few white speckles on the rump to an almost completely white coat.
Horses and ponies that have inherited the appaloosa coat colour from both parents have a condition called Congenital Stationary Night Blindness (CSNB) as well as fewer (or no) coloured spots in the white patches of their coat. Testing for Appaloosa or leopard complex can let you know whether your horse has zero, one or two copies of the gene variant that produces the beautiful appaloosa coat colour.
Gene or region and technical reference
Gene: TRPM1 (causative). Reference: Bellone et al. (2013)
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