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Preliminary investigation of potential links between pigmentation variants and opioid analgesic effectiveness in horses during cerebrospinal fluid centesis.
BMC veterinary research - 12 Jul 2024
Bacon Elouise K, Donnelly Callum G, Bellone Rebecca R, Haase Bianca, Finno Carrie J, Velie Brandon D
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BACKGROUND: The pleiotropic effects of the melanocortin system show promise in overcoming limitations associated with large variations in opioid analgesic effectiveness observed in equine practice. Of particular interest is variation in the melanocortin-1-receptor (MC1R) gene, which dictates pigment type expression through its epistatic interaction with the agouti signalling protein (ASIP) gene. MC1R has...
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