POCO PINE- HERDA carrier?

Jaimi · Member Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 109 Location: Alabama

Is it know if Poco Pine was a HERDA carrier? My mare has him back a little bit, but I wanna know if I need to get her tested anyway...
Thanks!
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horsetrainer89 · Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:07 pm Post subject:

You should get her tested anyways. I tested all of my Poco Bueno bred horses. It is only $30/horse so not bad. Its worth it since you plan to breed her.

nrhareiner · Member Joined: 14 May 2005 Posts: 154 Location: Ohio

Yes Poco Pine is a HERDA carrier. So yes if you plane on breeding her she should be tested.

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Jaimi · Member Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 109 Location: Alabama

OK, thanks! Where is the best place to get the test?
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horsetrainer89 · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject:

Call your vet out and they will fill out a paper for you and pull hairs from the withers and send it off to be tested. Its that simple. Then a piece of paper comes in your mail saying whether or not she is positive or negative.

horsetrainer89 · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject:

I just looked at my papers and it says that its from Animal Genetics, Inc.

NZ Appaloosas · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject:

storminthenight · Member Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Posts: 168 Location: Missouri

Here is a link to the web site (I think) NZ is talking about . . .
http://www.horsetesting.com/herda.htm
Its $30.00 which isnt to bad
I used it to get my mare tested for a few things (including Tobiano)

horsetrainer89 · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:36 pm Post subject:

My vet did it with no extra charge. She pulled it from the withers because the hairs are shorter since they go in a tiny tube. She did it when I had the shots done and teeth floated and what not. My vet is awesome, so maybe she gave me a deal, but I dont know. She pulled the hairs herself, checked to make sure she got the bulbs, and then shipped it off. I had like a $5 shipping fee, but I would pay that anyways if I were to send it off.

NZ Appaloosas · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject:

Yeah, if you combine it with a normal vet visit, I'd doubt it would be a problem, or an extra cost. But having a vet out just for the purpose of pulling hairs is an unnecessary cost, nor does anyone have to wait for a normal vet visit to get the hairs pulled for the testing.

Storm, there are a number of places that do a variety of testing. Altho' I'm on the HERDA list, it's more because I enjoy learning new things than a necessity--we have no Poco Bueno breeding in our herd at all, and I really don't think there's much PB breeding in the appaloosa gene pool down here. That said, the appy club here has passed a rule that HERDA testing is now required for any imported horse or germplasm donor. I believe it is for those horses of PB breeding only, tho'.

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horsetrainer89 · Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject:

I agree. It is unnecessary to have a vet come out for just pulling hairs, but if the vet is around, you might as well let the professional do it.

storminthenight · Member Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Posts: 168 Location: Missouri

I just wanted to give the link, thought she might find it helpful.

nrhareiner · Member Joined: 14 May 2005 Posts: 154 Location: Ohio

Here is the link to UC Davis

http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/horse.php

All you need to do is go there put in the horses info you can pay right then and there or just print out the form they will send you through an email pull about 50 hairs tape in onto the form keeping the tape away from the roots and send it in. Takes about 10 days to get the results back.

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Jaimi · Member Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 109 Location: Alabama

Thanks guys! Lets hope she comes back negative! =D
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EAhola · Member Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 152 Location: Colorado

These links are great!!!! Helps anyone needing to test for things.

The link - http://www.horsetesting.com/herda.htm
did catch my eye because it has a color calculator and we do get posts on this forum for "what color will my horse be".

So I'm trying to flag this so that it will come up in searches.

thanks All
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