Having this information can help you to breed your horse responsibility and assure that NO SCID foals are born, thus protecting the quality of the Arabian Breed.

That your Mare or Stallion may be bred to another carrier horse and result in another SCID foal being born, causing all of the above problems for someone elseД¤. You might suffer emotional trauma at losing your foal to the SCID gene.ДЈ. SCID foal could cost thousands in treatment.Дў. To some people the costs seem a bit high, but when you consider that:ДЎ. What you do with the information you receive, is up to you but, announcing carriers is the ONLY way we can STOP the death of our treasured Arabian foals. The lab will run the tests and the results will be sent to you DIRECTLY to protect you from anyone knowing the results but you. We will use VET GEN LABS thru ARABIAN F.O.A.L. You can also contact the lab yourself or through IAHA and get a test kit and do the collection yourself and submit it to the lab yourself. Your local vet can do it for you and send your samples to a lab. Testing for the SCID gene can be done many places. If you breed a CLEAR Stallion/mare to a CARRIER mare/stallion, the mare/stallion CANNOT infect the stallion/mare. This disease can only be passed to the unborn foals. DO NOT BOYCOTT the SCID CARRIER! We want to maintain the beauty and the traits that the Arabian offers and careful breeding programs can help to breed out this disorder without losing those qualities. Currently it is estimated nearly 28 % (1 out of every 4) of the adult Arabian horses are Carriers of this disease and have the potential of passing the gene or the potential to be MISTAKINGLY bred to another carrier and producing a SCID foal. New DNA studies are being done all the time on this genetic disorder and hopefully one day there will be something that can be done to help the SCID foal, but in the meantime it is we, the owners and breeders that have the responsibility to STOP this deadly baby killer. may produce a clear foal, preserving the pedigree without worry of passing the gene on to future generations. 18% (1 out of 567) of Arabian foals to be affected with SCID based on a random breeding population.' В By breeding Carrier to Clear we can maintain the trait quality while controlling the appearance of the SCID foal, and.

Based on the gene frequency reported here, the authors would expect 0 The frequency of SCID gene carriers was 8 The present report describes a PCR-based test for detection of the gene defect and the results from testing 250 randomly selected Arabian horses. One disease gene will make your foal a Carrier.Д¬arrier horses do not get sick from SCID and can live out a normal life, although, if bred, they can pass on a SCID disease gene. Although it takes two disease genes (2 carriers) to give a foal SCID, a foal will live with one inherited diseased gene. Usually the foal will Die within the first 3 months. No amount of love or money will save your foal if it is Affected with SCID. A carrier bred to a clear, will produce a normal healthy foal with a 50% chance of being a carrier. Simply this means that both the Sire and the Dam would have to be SCID carriers. In order for a foal to become AFFECTED by the disease and eventually die, it must inherit TWO diseased genes, one from the Sire and one from the Dam. SCID (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disorder) is a recessive disease gene that is inherited, passed on to new foals from carrier parents. Let us know how this access is important for you.SCID is a deadly diseased gene affecting horses (primarily Arabians) all over the world. Many UC-authored scholarly publications are freely available on this site because of the UC's open access policies. There was no apparent association between JIE and LFS, CA, SCID, and OAAM1.

Conclusions and clinical importanceJuvenile idiopathic epilepsy of Egyptian Arabian foals and LFS appear to be phenotypically and genetically distinct disorders. All foals were negative for the genetic mutations that cause LFS, CA, SCID, and OAAM1 except for 1 foal that was a carrier of CA. ResultsTen Egyptian Arabian horses (5 females and 5 males) were phenotyped as foals with JIE by electroencephalography (EEG). The inclusion criteria consisted of having been diagnosed with JIE by ruling out other causes of seizures in foals and supported by electroencephalographic examination.

Materials and methodsArchived DNA samples were tested for known genetic mutations causing LFS, CA, SCID, and OAAM1. Hypothesis/objectivesTo determine the carrier status of LFS, CA, SCID, and OAAM1 in foals with JIE. BackgroundThe carrier status of lavender foal syndrome (LFS), cerebellar abiotrophy (CA), severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), and occipitoatlantoaxial malformation (OAAM1) in foals with juvenile idiopathic epilepsy (JIE) is unknown.

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