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AQHA FEATURE
MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS WHEN BREEDING
Breeding your mare - waiting for that beautiful foal to be born - how fantastic will this be .
A FEW IMPORTANT ITEMS TO CHECK FOR THE STALLION :
Does the IBF box have YES ? If not , then the stallion has not be recognised by the AQHA as a breeding sire and means that you could have a problem with your foal being registered , you can check with the AQHA Office 02 6762 6444 , the stallion may be in the process of having its IBF completed .
Is the current owner a financial member of the AQHA and therefore eligible to lodge breeding returns for this stallion ? Check with the AQHA as above .
GENETIC TESTS FOR HORSES
What are the genetic tests results showing for this stallion and does your mare have genetic results on file also if any of the following tests are applicable .
The below is lengthy but it is important that you are kept informed and can make your own decisions on breeding .
HERDA : Hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia is an inherited skin condition that is characterized by hyperextensible skin , scarring and sever lesions along the back of affected horses .
• Horses with N / N genotype will not have hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia and cannot transmit this hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia variant to their offspring .
• Horses with N / HRD genotype will not be affected by hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia , but are carriers . They may transmit this hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia variant to 50 % of their offspring .
• Matings between two carriers result in a 25 % chance of producing an affected foal .
• Horses with HRD / HRD genotype will have hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia . These horses are not registerable with the AQHA .
OLWS ( LWO ): Lethal white overo is a genetic disorder that results from two copies of the version of the gene causing the frame overo coat colour pattern .
• Horses with N / N genotype will not have the overo pattern and cannot transmit this lethal white overo variant to their offspring .
• Horses with N / CAR ( N / O ) genotype will have the overo pattern and are carriers . They may transmit this lethal white overo variant to their offspring .
• Matings with N / N horses will result in a 50 % chance of producing an overo foal .
• Matings with between two carriers will result in a 25 % chance of producing a lethal white foal .
• Horses with O / O genotype will have LWO , a condition incompatible with life .