~ Miniature Horse Information Pages

 

Information all miniature horses owners should know.

 

On the following links you will find some pertinent information about miniature horses that I have collected over the years.  Some of this will be from my own experiences, some from others but all invaluable.

 This information will be updated and added to regularly.  If you have a tip or trick, medical information or something that you feel others need to know then by all means e-mail me with it and I will add it here. *Some Underlined links will take you to another site and will open in a new window.

If I have added something of yours that you would rather not have here, by all means please let me know and I will remove it. 

 

Listed in alphabetical order not in order of importance.


Breeding Chute

Bute

Banamine Injections

Common Conformation faults

Foaling Calculator

Historical Reference

General Health --A compilation of articles from breeders the world over.

Magic Shoes and stories and links to dwarfism articles.

Red Bag

Testing RH factor

Tips and Tricks

Weaning by the signs of the Moon

What is this liver looking thing my mare passed foaling??

Worming and Vaccinations

Equine Transport


Article on dwarfism by John Eberth


Links to Color Genetic sites

Basic Genetics from Unicorner Farm

Breeding Paint Horses

DNA: Heredity and Beyond

Horse Genetics - from the University of California, Davis

 

Horse Genetics list of links -thank you Sarah


Links for genetic testing your equine

UC Davis  530-752-2211 or email

  • Parentage Verification

  • DNA Typing

  • Crossmatching (blood crossmatching services)

  • Karyotyping (chromosomal abnormalities)

  • Lethal White Overo Syndrome (disease in Paints)

  • Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis or HYPP (disease in Quarter Horses)

  • Neonatal Isoerythrolysis (disease in mules)

  • Coat color: Red Factor test and Tobiano (spotted pattern)

  • Equine Glycogen Branching Enzyme Deficiency (GBED).
    Read more about
    GBED.

Horse
- Coat Color, HYPP, JEB, NI, GBED

Horse Test forms  UC Davis

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