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Update: Lavender Foal Syndrome Genetic test now available at the van Haeringen Lab and Cornell AHDC |
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Thursday, July 29 2010 14:06 |
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LFS is a lethal disease that is inherited, like CA, in an Autosomal Recessive way and affects new born foals leading to death or euthanasia wthinin a few hours to days after birth.
Read more on thge WAHO Website Genetic Research page on LFS
Click HERE to order the LFS test from van Haeringen Lab in the Netherlands
Click HERE to order the LFS test from van Cornell AHDC in the USA
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Dutch Arabian Horse Society mandates CA testing ! |
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Saturday, May 29 2010 13:13 |
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On the 28th of May 2010, the Dutch Arabian Horse Society, AVS, voted at the AGM to implement and expand mandatory CA and SCID testing in their regulations.
As soon as the direct CA test becomes available as an inhouse test at the van Haeringen genetics laboratory, the following mandatory actions will become in effect:
- All newborn foals will be tested on CA and SCID at the same time DNA parentage verification is done. The results will be permanently entered in the horses' passport for life.
- All new breeding stallions will be mandatory tested on CA ( and SCID but this was already mandatory) and carriers will not receive a breeding license.
- All currently existing breeding stallions will not be granted an extention on their license until they are tested on CA and their CA status will be published.
- Owners of breeding mares are encouraged to test voluntarily.
- All DNA testing has to be done on parentage verified DNA samples to ensure that the results are unequivocally related to the correct horse
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Swiss Studbook mandates CA testing |
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Tuesday, May 04 2010 17:41 |
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ATTENTION: Following text is a mere human translation of the original German text. Click HERE for the original and only valid document of the SZAP
From the SZAP / Swiss Arabian Horse Studbook Studbook message ref. test Cerebellar abiotrophy
On the occasion of the AGM of 27 March 2010 in Schönenwerd the following addition to the Studbook rules was approved:
5.2. Cerebellar abiotrophy test (CA test) From 1.1.2011 every Swiss Studbook registered stallion that is used for breeding must submit the results of a CA-test.The test is done by the studbook.
- The owner declares in writing that he agrees with the publication of the result.
- The costs are for the owner.
- For breeding mares testing is voluntary but highly recommended.
- Offspring from CA-free parents need not to be tested.
Once the CA-test is available from the laboratory that performs the SZAP DNA parentage verification, all foals that are tested for DNA parentage will be CA tested at the same time.
- The owner declares in writing that he agrees with the publication of the result.
- The costs are for the owner.
CA tests made before 1.1.2011 voluntarily will be recognized
- The particular test needs to be confirmed by the appropriate laboratory.
- The confirmation is obtained by the SZAP Studbook.
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