Height in animals depends on multiple factors including genes and the environment. One genetic variant (a single basepair change in the LCORL-regulatory region) has a strong influence on height in warmblood horses. This test enables breeders to predict a horse’s adult height before they are fully grown (accuracy: 70% ; +/- 5 cm) and to plan breedings to select for taller or...

Application:
- Identification of carriers in breeding selection
- Differential diagnosis in clinical cases of Exertional Myopathy.
PSSM1 is a form of Exertional Myopathy in which a disorder of the sugar metabolism of the muscles causes muscle damage.
The test detects the mutation (c.926G>A) in the GYS1 gene which causes PSSM1. The inheritance is incomplete autosomal...

Testing for Sabino 1 allows breeders to identify:
- homozygous animals (animals with two copies of the variant) which will always produce foals with the Sabino 1 pattern.
- if a given white spotting pattern is based on the Sabino 1 variant.

Application:
- Identification of healthy carrier animals (N/scid)
- Confirmation of the wild-type genotype (N/N)
- Differential diagnosis in cases of clinical immunodeficiency
The test reliably detects the presence of the mutation, thereby enabling safe breeding planning with carrier animals.
Offspring with two copies of the SCID mutation would be affected by ‘severe...

Silver results in the decreased storage of the black pigment “eumelanin” in hair, so that horses with black and bay base colors will show a dilution. Horses with a Chestnut base color may be carriers for the Silver mutation but do not develop the diluted coat color themselves. Horses with only one copy of the variant (n/Z) will show the same phenotype as horses with two...

Splashed White 1 (SW1) is a variant found in many different breeds. It is autosomal semi-dominant, so horses with two copies (SW1/SW1) have a more extreme phenotype than those with only one copy (n/SW1). Horses with one copy usually have a wide blaze, often wider on the lower part of the face. The face-white may be associated with blue eyes, white stockings and small white...

The test determines if the PAX3 mutation (EquCab3: Chr6:11199026C>T) which causes the Splashed White 2 (SW2) phenotype is present. The inheritance is autosomal semi-dominant. SW2 originated in the Quarter Horse "Katie Gun". A horse with one copy of SW2 will usually have a wide white blaze or fully white face. All four legs will have long white socks and there can be small...

SCC is a malignant tissue formation (tumor) that develops from the superficial layers of the skin and mucous membranes.

The test detects the SynchroGait® mutation (chr23:22999655 G>A) in the DMRT3 gene. The inheritance is autosomal semi-dominant. The SynchroGait® variant has a great influence over the leg coordination in horses. It is then possible to predict performance in two main categories of horses: If harness racing horses have the potential to Pace, and if specific breeds of horse have...

The DNA test determines whether a horse carries the genetic predisposition for tobiano. This is helpful when the pattern is only faintly visible, does not correspond to the typical expression, or is masked by other coat colour patterns (frame, sabino).

WFFS is a connective tissue disorder leading to the spontaneous abortion of the fetus or death/humane euthanasia of the foal. The disease is autosomal recessive and the mutation has been found in many breeds including: Warmbloods and related breeds, Riding ponies,Thoroughbreds, Haflingers, Quarter Horses, Paint Horses, and Appaloosas.
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The W16 White Spotting mutation originated in the Oldenburger horse "Celine“ (sire "Relevant", dam-sire "Cordeur").