It's in the genes

A Heritage Breed, the Newfoundland Pony is a walking time capsule of old genetics. It is the only indigenous pony breed in all of North America that has not had been purposely altered or “improved” by selecting out certain traits and/or by crossing with other breeds. Like many heritage breeds its genetic base is diverse and hardy.

This is a partial list of health issues in some breeds today.

Arabians -     
Cerebellar abiotrophy.  SCIB. Lavender Foal Syndrome. 
Guttural Pouch Tympany,

Appaloosas - 
Equine Recurrent Uveitis. Congenital Night Blindness.

Saddlebreds - 
JEB.  Lordosis.

Belgians -     
Junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB).  MCOA. RLN.

Draft breeds - 
PSSM1. JEB. RLN. Roaring.
Chronic Progressive Lymphadenopathy.

Silver-coated Horses: Rocky Mountain, Icelandics, Shetland, 
Morgans, Miniatures, Belgians, - 
Equine multiple congenital ocular anomalies (MCOA)

Friesians -     
Megaesophagus (chronic dilation of the esophagus). 
Aortic rupture. Dwarfism. Hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain). 
Corneal Dystrophy.

Paso Finos - 
Congenital Stationary Night Blindness

Thoroughbreds -  
Recurrent exertion rhabdomyolysis. Tying Up.
Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy (RLN). 
Congenital Stationary Night Blindness. OLWS. Roaring.

Dutch Warmbloods - 
Osteochondrosis/osteochondritis dissecans. PSSM1

German Warmbloods - 
Equine Recurrent Uveitis. Guttural Pouch Tympany.  PSSM1

Quarter Horse - 
PSSM1. Glycogen branching enzyme deficiency. HYPP. HERDA.
Malignant Hyperthermia. Overo Lethal White Foal Syndrome.

Paint Horses - 
Overo Lethal White Foal Syndrome.

Miniature Horses - 
Dwarfism. Equine Multiple Congenital Ocular Anomalies. 
Overo Lethal White Foal Syndrome.

Connemara - 
Hoof Wall Separation Disease

New Forest - Myotonia

Shetlands - 
Lateral Subluxation of the Patella


Coming next week - genetic anomalies of the Newfoundland Pony.

© Emily Chetkowski 2018