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This article caught my eye when I was reading about the stallions’ passing. Interesting.

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That is very interesting. I think most breeders would take advantage of the opportunity if and when an affordable test is available, though I’m sure a few stallion owners would be nervous about it.

From the Article; " In the long run, the incidence of this marker in the breed could be reduced if a breed-wide program of testing were to be implemented."

Good luck with that. :grin:

Very, very interesting!

From the BH article;
"There is still enough diversity in the gene pool for breeders to proactively manage breeding decisions and use genetically less related stallions, but because there is so much sharing of genetics due to the popularity of particular sire lines, this is not always evident from the pedigree page," he said. "The best way to assess inbreeding and relatedness is through in-depth analysis of DNA variation across horse genomes."

That makes sense, and is very interesting. The discovery of the gene related to bone growth is great.

Genetic research of TBs well underway the U.S.