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The Jutland horse (Danish: Den jyske hest) is a draft horse breed originating in Denmark, named after the Jutland Peninsula which forms the western part of the country. Usually chestnut , they are a compact, muscular breed known for their calm and willing temperament.
Myosin-heavy chain myopathy (MYHM) is a genetic muscle disease found primarily in the American Quarter Horse and crossbred horses with significant Quarter Horse bloodlines. It was added to the AQHA genetic testing panel in 2022. [ 1 ]
Each type is specific to horses based on factors of breed, age, and genetics. [1] Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy (PSSM) is commonly found in calm muscular breeds such as quarter horses, and Belgian drafts. However, any horse that can store excess amounts of glycogen, usually genetic, can develop this form of ER. [1]
Horses heterozygous for the Ile118Lys mutation on the equine EDNRB gene—carriers of lethal white syndrome—usually exhibit a white-spotting pattern called "frame", or "frame overo". [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 9 ] [ 13 ] Frame is characterized by jagged, sharply defined, horizontally oriented white patches that run along the horse's neck, shoulder, flank ...
Equine polysaccharide storage myopathy (EPSM, PSSM, EPSSM) is a hereditary glycogen storage disease of horses that causes exertional rhabdomyolysis.It is currently known to affect the following breeds American Quarter Horses, American Paint Horses, Warmbloods, Cobs, Dales Ponies, Thoroughbreds, Arabians, New Forest ponies, and a large number of Heavy horse breeds.
The movement of horses at an animal welfare charity's farm has been suspended after a mare tested positive for a highly infectious respiratory disease. A recent arrival at World Horse Welfare's ...
DENVER (Reuters) -An unknown and highly contagious disease has killed 85 wild horses in less than a week at a federal corral in Colorado, officials said on Wednesday, revising the number upward ...
The horse genome is larger than the dog genome, but smaller than the human genome or the bovine genome. [2] It encompasses 31 pairs of autosomes and one sex chromosome pair. [3] As horses share over 90 hereditary diseases similar to those found in humans, the sequencing of the horse genome has potential applications to both equine and human ...