Coat colour profile

8 panel genetic test for coat colour with results in 5 to 10 working days. Includes 8 coat colour genetic markers: 2...

€184.50

Sample Requirements

30 to 40 hair roots or 5 mL of blood (K3 EDTA tube)

Send your sample by regular mail or express delivery to:

Equigerminal Lab HIESE
Rua da Quinta do Sobreiro Nº25
3230-343 Penela, Portugal

Turnaround Time

5 to 10 working days

About the test

8 panel genetic test for coat colour with results in 5 to 10 working days.

Includes 8 coat colour genetic markers:

Base colour (2):

Agouti
Extension

Dilutions (5):

Cream
Pearl
Champagne
Silver
Dun (D, nd1, nd2)

Depigmentation (1):

Grey* (G/G, G/N or N/N)

Our Grey test in panels provides the number of copies of the Grey gene (G/G, G/N or N/N).

A Genetic Colour Certificate – Coat Genotype and Offspring Prediction of Coat Colour is provided.

Why test?

DNA tests for coats can be an important tool for selection, elimination of coat-related diseases and enhancing your stud farm.

Genetic determination of coat colour allows accurate identification of the horse's coat genotype and helps predict the potential transmission of coat colour to offspring.

Results

A Genetic Colour Certificate is provided, including:

Coat genotype.
Offspring prediction of coat colour.Grey gene status (G/G, G/N or N/N).

Additional information

There are various coat colours and tones in the horse species. Judging coat colour by eye is always subjective and can be influenced by a number of environmental factors (light exposure, time of year and feeding), and it does not allow us to predict with confidence whether the coat colour will be passed to offspring.

Genetic determination of coat colour can be performed accurately in a laboratory using DNA tests. This method allows objective identification of the horse's coat colour and helps forecast the potential transmission of coat colour to future generations.

Currently, more than 16 gene variants have been identified that can influence this phenotypic characteristic.