Cerebellar Abiotrophy in Arabian Horses

In the USA:

Send 30-40 hair samples per horse with follicle attached, inside a separate envelope or plastic baggie per horse, correctly identified, all placed in one package to Cecilia Penedo at:

Cecilia Penedo
Horse Research - CA
Veterinary Genetics Laboratory
University of California
One Shields Avenue (use this for regular airmail postal service)

980 Old Davis Road (use this for FedEx, DHL, UPS, etc)
Davis, CA 95616-8744

Send an email to her at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the registered name, number and parentage and request that Dr. Penedo analyse the possibility of CA carrier lines in your arabian(s) and that hair follicle samples are being sent. If you have a link to AllBreed for your horse(s) that does speed things up a bit. You can copy and paste the links to the pedigrees into your email for each horse.

If your horse/foal is a family member or related to a known or suspected CA Carrier ( N/CA),or an affected individual ( CA/CA) please specify.

If you cannot access the VGL site for payment of $40 per sample per horse, contact:

Sabine Nooteboom
Staff Research Associate - Supervisor Sample Receiving
Veterinary Genetics Laboratory
U C Davis
Telephone: (530) 752-9333
Fax: (530) 752-3556
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UC Davis forms to use for credit card payments, submission forms and if necessary an Import Form are available for downloading at the VGL website:
http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/horse.php

The US IMPORT form is required for all packages containing hair samples arriving from outside the United States of America. One IMPORT FORM is valid per package and covers all sample contents. It must be attached to the outside of the package for easy access by US Customs. Request a current IMPORT FORM if not available on site.

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Vetgen now offers CA testing and a combined CA/SCID test.
They are still high priced on the SCID @$140 per horse but their CA testing is interesting:
http://www.vetgen.com/documents/order-form-equine.pdf

For pricing a single horse or discount for multiple; click HERE

VetGen
3728 Plaza Drive, Suite 1
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48108 USA

Phone: 734.669.8440
Toll Free: 800.483.8436 (US & Canada)
Fax: 734.669.8441

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Testing for SCID and CA is also available at F.O.A.L.
Go to the Test Kits & Forms page: http://www.foal.org/Test-Kits---Forms.html

For pricing click HERE

Questions can be also answered by email to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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LFS testing in USA:

Lavender Foal Syndrome (LFS), also called Coat Colour Dilution Lethal (CCDL). Lavender foals are characterized by an unique coat colour and neurological dysfunction which leaves them unable to stand. Because LFS is relatively rare, there is little in the veterinary literature about it. The Animal Health Diagnostic Centre at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine in America has recently announced that a genetic test for Lavender Foal Syndrome is now available. For further information please visit this link: http://ahdc.vet.cornell.edu/news/lfs.cfm


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CA and Combined tests
For pricing click on your applicable currency: € / $
Animal Genetics Inc. (USA)
1336 Timberlane Rd.,
Tallahassee, FL 32312-1766
USA
In The USA: 800-514-9672
Phone: 850-386-1145
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  
Website: http://www.animalgenetics.com/CA.htm

In the Netherlands:

"Van Haeringen Laboratorium"

The Direct CA mutationtest is now running locally reducing prices drastically.

Click HERE for the information flyer

The test can be done on hair roots or blood. Please send in the material and a sample submission form, which you can print out from our website. ("Genetic properties') If you cannot print them please let us know and we will send some sample submission forms by post. You do not need an import permit within the European Union.
Link/info on horse testing: http://www.vhlgenetics.com/Webshop/Animals/Horse/tabid/257/catid/3/language/en-US/Default.aspx

Dr. Van Haeringen Laboratorium BV
P.O. Box 408
6700 AK Wageningen
Netherlands
Tel +31 317 416 402
Fax +31 317 426 117
http://www.vhlgenetics.com/en-us/home.aspx
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In Germany:

CAG GmbH – Center for Animal Genetics in Tuebingen, Germany.



We do genetic testing in horses, dogs, and cats, as well as original research into simple and complex diseases and traits in these species.
Our current list price for a CA test is currently €35 + VAT, but we have special prices for breeders and breed clubs.
In addition, we offer “combo packs” with other tests, and have discounts for orders with multiple samples or tests.
We normally request 20-40 hairs with roots for our testing but naturally also accept blood.
Order forms, and more information on sampling and ordering, can be found on our website, www.pferde-genetik.de (also available in English).

Our contact information is:
CAG GmbH – Center for Animal Genetics
Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 23
D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany
Scientific Lead: Melissa L. Cox, PhD
Tel: +49 7071 565 44 850
Fax: +49 7071 565 44 56
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www.pferde-genetik.de


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GENE CONTROL GmbH , Grub,

Offers the CA test in cooperation with the University of California, Davis.
http://www.genecontrol.de

Contact Info:
Dr. Ingolf Ruß
GeneControl GmbH
Senator-Gerauer-Str.23
85586 Grub (Germany)

Tel: 089 / 9 44 19 69-0
Fax: 089 / 9 44 19 69-501
e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The price for a CA Test is currently 50€ - EUR plus VAT per sample.
GeneControl GmbH (Germany) is the laboratory used by the Swiss Studbook for parentage verification and Genetic Testing,
including the CA test in cooperation with the University of California, Davis

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DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL BREEDING AND GENETICS - HANOVER

Contact Info:
Institut für Tierzucht und Vererbungsforschung
der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover
z.Hd. Prof. Dr. Ottmar Distl
Bünteweg 17p
30559 Hannover (Germany)
Tel:0511-826-8875 or 0511-953-8875
Fax: 0511/953-8582
E-Mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

In Belgium:

PROGENUS Laboratory
Dr DUTERME, Olivier - Scientific researcher
PROGENUS s.a.
Gembloux - Belgium
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http://www.progenus.be/index.php?lang=english

In the UK:

LABOKLIN GmbH & Co, KG (UK)
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UK)
61 Mouldsworth Ave.,
Manchester M20 1GG – UK
Tel. 0161 282 3066
Fax: 0870 160 6981
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Web: http://www.laboklin.co.uk

Now offers the CA test in cooperation with the University of California, Davis

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Single CA-test  is  €38.00 or €35.00 with 5 or more samples
Single Combo test for SCID + CA + LFS is €120.00  or   €110.00 with 5 or more samples

UK & European Enquiries/Sample Submission:

Animal Genetics UK,
P.O. Box 107,
Truro, Cornwall, TR1-2YR
ENGLAND
Telephone: 44 1872 262737
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: http://www.animalgenetics.eu/Equine/equine-genetic-disease/ca.html

For sample submission information, please see their Order Forms page

In Spain:

Para Pruebas del Ataxia ó Abiotrofía Cerebelosa:

DLV LABORATORIO VETERINARIO
Calle Santander,5
Local 37.23830 Las Rozas
(Madrid)
ESPAÑA

Tel: 91.6377038 / 91.6376317 / and 699.430222
Web: www.dlvlaboratorioveterinario.com
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In France:

Véto-Pharma

STEIL, Jean Claude
Département Génétique Animale
Directeur des Ventes et Marketin

Véto-Pharma
14, avenue du Québec
ZA de Courtaboeuf BP 617
F 91 140 VILLEBON SUR YVETTE

Tél: 33 (0)1 69 18 84 80
Fax: 33 (0)1 69 28 12 93
Port: 33 (0)6 72 72 68 51
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Website: http://scid-psar.site.voila.fr/page2.html

CA Testing under licence from PROGENUS (Belgium) and offers the CA test in cooperation with the University of California, Davis.

LFS testing in Australia:

For those Australian breeders here we finally have the great news that the LFS test is now available in Sydney from the NSW Department of Primary Industry at Menangle. Details are:

Brendon O'Rourke,
Molecular Diagnostic and Genetics Unit
State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute
Postal: PMB 4008 Narellan 2567
Courier: Woodbridge Rd Menangle NSW 2568

ph: (office) +61 2 4640 6474
ph: (lab) +61 2 4640 6417
fax: +61 2 4640 6300
email: brendon.o' This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Click HERE for test documents

The University of Brisbane is also understood to be about to offer the test- details coming soon!

In an attempt to encourage members to test horses at the time of registration there will be a discount offered on DNA if LFS &/or CA testing is done at the same time as the DNA for registration. The fee for LFS is $60 & CA $60 at University of Queensland (Brisbane), the normal DNA fee is $70 but this will be reduced to  $60 if LFS &/or CA is performed at the same time.
http://ahsa.asn.au/downloads/DNA_LFS_CA_application.pdf

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Australian Equine Genetics Research Centre
The University of Queensland
Brisbane  St Lucia, QLD 4072
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 7 3365 1111

Website: http://www.aegrc.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=29912&pid=0

• Contact your Breed Registry and inform them of the horses you intend to test and the tests required. The Registry may ask you for phenotype details of the sire, dam and siblings of the horse to be tested
• Your Breed Registry will supply you with a "hair kit" which will include a label containing the name of the horse that you want to test, date and country of birth, its sire and dam, sex, colour, and test requested.