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SERPINB11 frameshift variant associated with novel hoof specific phenotype in Connemara ponies.
PLoS genetics - 1 Apr 2015
Finno Carrie J, Stevens Carlynn, Young Amy, Affolter Verena, Joshi Nikhil A, Ramsay Sheila, Bannasch Danika L
Abstract excerpt
Horses belong to the order Perissodactyla and bear the majority of their weight on their third toe; therefore, tremendous force is applied to each hoof. An inherited disease characterized by a phenotype restricted to the dorsal hoof wall was identified in the Connemara pony. Hoof wall separation disease (HWSD) manifests clinically as separation of the dorsal hoof wall along the weight-bearing surface of the hoof...
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