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Miniature Dwarfism Panel coming soon!

On October 23, 2018 by breeding.horse

We are just about ready to offer the Miniature dwarfism panel, which is made up of test for four different forms of dwarfism: D1, D2, D3 and D4. Here are some points about dwarfism in Miniatures: A horse can be a carrier…

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Dog Breeding Science now live!

On October 16, 2018 by breeding.horse

We are delighted to say that our dog testing website is up and accepting orders! We’ll start a FB page for it shortly too [watch this space]. At the moment we can test for: Shedding Coat length (L1 and L2) Coat curl…

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Sample Request: Arabian Occipital Atlanto-Axial Malformations (OAAM)

On October 15, 2018 by breeding.horse

Sample request! We’re adding the test for Arabian Occipital Atlanto-Axial Malformations (OAAM) to our Arabian disorder panel. But once again we need your help. We would love to check this test on one or more real horses that are affected themselves or…

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Our new sister lab – Dog Breeding Science

On October 8, 2018 by breeding.horse

Something a bit different today! Our dog DNA testing is nearly ready to go! Later this week our website should be live and ready for owners and breeders to order testing. What’s the first thing we’ve done for dogs? We’ve put together…

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Meet Kylie!!

On September 25, 2018 by breeding.horse

These pictures are of our newest worker in our lab: “Kylie”. Kylie is a 3D printer! Kylie comes with stunning green glasses as this season’s key accessory. (Actually they’re safety goggles that filter out UV wavelengths – yes kids, it’s true –…

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Fragile Foal (WFFS or FFS) update

On September 18, 2018 by breeding.horse

This year has seen FFS or fragile foal syndrome get a lot of attention in the Warmblood community around the world. However as we learn more about this disorder it’s become clear that FFS is not just in Warmbloods. There are many…

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Improved GBED testing

On September 4, 2018 by breeding.horse

Well this is what’s been distracting Dr. Kao for the past month: we’ve been working on an improved version of our GBED test. And it’s finally ready! Kao’s swear jar will be able to go on a diet. The improved version of…

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Worm farm for lab waste!

On August 1, 2018 by breeding.horse

Today we got a new pet for the lab … and not just one, around 4000 of them! We have just installed a worm farm to help us deal some of our waste. These 4000 worms (my very Australian children call them…

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Mystery solved June 2018

On June 28, 2018 by breeding.horse

This one is a common question: buckskin or not? This filly’s coat varies from season to season. We’ve tested her for agouti, red/black, cream and dun/d1 (nd1) to find out. Responses on this one were roughly equal for buckskin vs. not buckskin….

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Mystery Solved! May 2018

On May 30, 2018 by breeding.horse

We have an answer! Zeus is actually chestnut, not taffy (silver) at all. He also has two copies of d1 (nd1). Overall, we tested Zeus for agouti, red/black, silver, cream, dun/d1 and W20. The agouti and red/black tests were to find out…

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