littlestep
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Color testing..Do you guys test for color or patterns? If so which Ones?
I need to have One done..thinking creme..Bandit must not carry it as I suspsected cause tater is a Non creme.
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Betty B
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I tested Cassie for the red gene and agouti gene. I used Animal Genetics out of Florida. She came back Agouti:Homozygous Pos (aa).
Never tested my pinto for homoz because he has thrown 10 loud pinto's out of 10 solid mares so that tells the story without testing.
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littlestep
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B..I had Rosalee tested..she threw 2 Pintos out of solids and has 2 Tobi parents..she tested NEG..I guess she could be homo for sabino?? Is there such a thing??
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littlestep
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look what I found...
Sabino Pinto Test
The University of Kentucky now has a Sabino DNA test available. This test will be very helpful in establishing if a horse carries the sabino gene. While this test does not test for all the possible sabino genes, it is the first sabino test that has ever been available and tests for the Sabino (SB1) gene. All that is needed is a pulled hair sample sent to the university.
We were fortunate to be included in the sabino research in 2004 and submitted twelve samples to the research. Examples of horses that tested positive for the sabino gene can be seen on our website. This is a new exciting test for miniature horse owners that are interested in positively identifying another pinto pattern.
Horses that are homozygous for sabino (sb1) are completely white at birth, and could be confused as cremellos, though genetic testing would correctly identify them as sabinos. Sabinos can have dark or blue eyes. Lethal white foals are also completely white at birth, but die within hours or days. These can only occur when two frame (LWO) horses are bred together. Lethal foals can be avoided by testing the horses before they are bred to determine if they carry the lethal white gene.
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Betty B
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Horses that are homozygous for sabino (sb1) are completely white at birth, and could be confused as cremellos, though genetic testing would correctly identify them as sabinos. Sabinos can have dark or blue eyes.
Well that is interesting. And just thinking here, couldn't Rosalee have the genes to 50% of the time throw pinto because she has 2 pinto parents without her being homoz?
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littlestep
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We used to own a max sabino..she had been confirmed by the registry..
I was wondering just how correct that test is..it says it tests just for One specific gene..so it only tests or the max gene?? Thats the easiest to identofy..lol
Well guess they gotto start somewhere..bet it would not find the toveros..lol 
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Betty B
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Yes i love toveros. My Emma is one.
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