| WORLD ARABIAN HORSE ORGANIZATION |
| GENETIC DISORDERS IN ARABIAN HORSES: CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS |
| VetGen 3728 Plaza Drive, Suite 1 Ann Arbor, Michigan,48108 USA Tel: +1-734-669-8440 Fax: +1.734.669.8441 Website: http://vetgen.com (There are many excellent articles on SCID available at this website) |
Arabian F.O.A.L. Association Marguerite Illing, Treasurer 853 Cooley Road Parksville, NY 12768-5336 USA Website: www.foal.org |
| Dr. Cecelia Penedo PhD., Geneticist. Veterinary Genetics Laboratory University of California One Shields Avenue Davis, California 95616-8744 USA Tel:+1-530-752-2211; Fax:+1-530-752-3556 Email: mctorrespenedo@ucdavis.edu Website: http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/genomic/cerebellar/ Dr. Penedo is carrying on the research started by the late Dr. Ann Bowling, well-known author and geneticist, whose studies in 1984 were unable to be published prior to her untimely death. Dr. Penedo has very recently identified the chromosome (locus) which holds the mutant allele and is now researching the genes within that area. |
| The Arabian Horse Society of Australia is actively promoting the LFS research project getting underway at the University of Queensland. There are also ongoing smaller research projects in USA. Anyone interested in helping with these projects, either through funding donations, or by submitting samples from affected foals, should contact: | |
| Harold Williamson, Secretary AHSA Locked Bag No. 6. 226 George Street Windsor, N.S.W. 2756 Australia Tel: +61 (0) 2-45-775-366 Fax: +61 (0) 2.45.877.509 email: registrar@ahsa.asn.au and ask to be put in touch with: Dr Glen Coleman at the University of Queensland, Australia (email: g.coleman@uq.edu.au) |
Or contact: Dr. Samantha Brooks Brooks Equine Genetics Lab, Cornell University 437 Morrison Hall Ithaca, NY 14853, USA Tel: +1-607-254-8217, Email: equinegenetics@cornell.edu |
| The American F.O.A.L. website (see above under SCID contacts) also has an interesting article on Lavender Foal Syndrome. | The Onderstepoort Veterinary Genetics Laboratory University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science Old Faculty Building Room 2-8 Onderstepoort 0110 Tel: +27 12 529 8240 Fax: +27 12 529 8310 Contact email for NON African Arabian horse LFS testing is: vgl@up.ac.za |
| Dr. Monica Aleman, MVZ, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM. Email: mraleman@ucdavis.edu Neuromuscular Disease Laboratory, University of California One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616-8744 Tel: +1 (530) 752-1170 or +1 (530) 752-7267 |
| Or Contact: Cecilia Penedo |
| Horse Research – CA, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory |
| University of California |
| One Shields Avenue |
| Davis, |
| California 95616-8744 |
| United States of America |
| Dr. Van Haeringen Laboratorium BV |
| P.O. Box 408 |
| 6700 AK Wageningen |
| Netherlands |
| Tel +31 317 416 402 |
| Fax +31 317 426 117 |
| www.vhlgenetics.com/vhl/webcard.php?artnr=P802 |
| PROGENUS LABORATORY |
| Dr. Olivier DURERME, scientific researcher. |
| PROGENUS, SA. |
| Gembloux - Belgium |
| Email: duterme.o@progenus.be |
| Web: www.progenus.be/index.php?lang=english |
| 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: info@laboklin.co.uk |
| Web: www.laboklin.co.uk |
| GeneControl GmbH |
| Senator-Gerauer-Str.23 |
| 85586 Grub - Germany (DE) |
| Tel: 089 / 9 44 19 69-0 |
| Fax: 089 / 9 44 19 69-501 |
| E-mail: genlab@tzfgen-bayern.de |
| Web: www.genecontrol.de/main.html |
| Institut für Tierzucht und Vererbungsforschung |
| der Tierärztlichen Hochschule - Hannover |
| z.Hd. Prof. Dr. Ottmar Distl |
| Bünteweg 17p |
| 30559 Hannover (Germany) |
| Tel.: 0511/953-8875; Fax: 0511/953-8582 |
| E-Mail: ottmar.distl@tiho-hannover.de |
| Web: Web: www.tiho-hannover.de/einricht/zucht/index.htm |
| Web: Web: www.tiho-hannover.de/einricht/zucht/index_e.htm |
| Dr. Samantha Brooks |
| Brooks Equine Genetics Lab, |
| Cornell University |
| 437 Morrison Hall |
| Ithaca, NY 14853 |
| United States of America |
| Tel: +1-607-254-8217 |
| Email: equinegenetics@cornell.edu |