{"id":5010,"date":"2011-07-25T23:43:54","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T16:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=5010"},"modified":"2011-07-25T23:43:54","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T16:43:54","slug":"uc-davis-to-offer-more-testing-options-to-paint-horse-breeders-beginning-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/uc-davis-to-offer-more-testing-options-to-paint-horse-breeders-beginning-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Davis to offer more testing options to Paint Horse breeders beginning 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ability to\u00a0test for coat colors and diseases in addition to parentage<\/em><\/p>\n

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The American Paint Horse Association (APHA) announces their\u00a0affiliation with University of California, Davis (UC Davis) as the official\u00a0genetic testing provider\u00a0effective January 1, 2012. APHA requires genetic\u00a0parentage testing for all breeding stallions, racehorses, foals produced by\u00a0certain breeding methods and\u00a0horses with certain registration situations.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAPHA\u2019s affiliation with UC Davis is an exciting move for us,\u201d said\u00a0Lex Smurthwaite, Executive Director of the American Paint Horse Association.\u00a0\u201cWe will now\u00a0be able to offer members a wide range of testing to improve\u00a0breeding chances for specific colors and to avoid potential diseases. Our APHA\u00a0members have\u00a0asked for this and we made it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In addition to the parentage verification test currently offered, UC\u00a0Davis will also\u00a0provide APHA\u00a0members with two optional packages to test for color genes\u00a0and diseases.<\/p>\n

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One of the optional packages is the comprehensive coat color\u00a0package. This package will test for 11 color genes including tobiano, sabino,\u00a0lethal white and\u00a0others. Paint Horses are unique from most other breeds because\u00a0of their spotted coat patterns. Their base coats are the same colors as those\u00a0of other breeds,\u00a0but superimposed over these colors are a variety of white\u00a0spotting patterns. The ability to recognize these patterns and understand the\u00a0genetics behind them\u00a0is essential for Paint Horse breeders to increase the\u00a0proportion of spotted horses in foal crops.<\/p>\n

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The other optional package is the complete disease diagnostic\u00a0package. It will test for several genetically transferred diseases including\u00a0Hyperkalemic\u00a0Periodic Paralysis (HYPP), Overo Lethal White Syndrome (OLWS),\u00a0Hereditary\u00a0Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia (HERDA) and\u00a0Glycogen\u00a0Branching Enzyme\u00a0Deficiency (GBED).<\/p>\n

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Breeders who are interested in finding out more in-depth information\u00a0about their horses will benefit from the technology UC Davis can provide.\u00a0Owners of\u00a0Paint Horses can gain additional insight by using these two new\u00a0options to test their horses for diseases and color genes.<\/p>\n

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Owners and breeders of Paint Horses\u00a0will be able to utilize the comprehensive genetic testing options beginning\u00a0January 1, 2012. \u00a0For additional information\u00a0contact Cindy Grier, APHA\u00a0Field Services Managing Director, at\u00a0cgrier@apha.com<\/a> or by calling (817) 834-APHA\u00a0(2742).<\/p>\n

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More about APHA<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The American Paint\u00a0Horse Association (APHA), founded in 1962 and headquartered in Fort Worth,\u00a0Texas, is the international breed registry for the American\u00a0Paint Horse. In\u00a0fulfillment of its mission to collect, record and preserve pedigrees of the\u00a0breed, APHA recognizes and supports 111 regional and international\u00a0clubs,\u00a0produces championship shows, sponsors trail rides and creates and\u00a0maintains programs that increase the value of American Paint Horses and\u00a0enriches members’ experiences with their horses.<\/p>\n

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APHA has\u00a0registered almost a million horses in 59 nations and territories\u00a0since it was founded, and now serves approximately 64,000 active\u00a0members around\u00a0the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ability to\u00a0test for coat colors and diseases in addition to parentage The American Paint Horse Association (APHA) announces their\u00a0affiliation with University of California, Davis (UC Davis) as the official\u00a0genetic testing provider\u00a0effective January 1, 2012. APHA requires genetic\u00a0parentage testing for all breeding stallions, racehorses, foals produced by\u00a0certain breeding methods and\u00a0horses with certain registration situations. \u201cAPHA\u2019s affiliation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apha","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5010"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5012,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5010\/revisions\/5012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}