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Genetics of equine metabolic syndrome
Author(s) -
RodríguezSanz Carolina E.,
Sevane Natalia,
Dunner Susana
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.l4725
Subject(s) - library science , companion animal , medicine , veterinary medicine , computer science
Equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) is defined as a complex disorder characterised by a phenotype of insulin dysregulation, obesity and a predisposition toward laminitis, resulting from the combination of one or more inherited genetic alleles and environmental influences.1Recently, a genome-wide association study (GWAS)2 identified two genetic markers for EMS located in the FAM174A gene region in Arabian horses: BIEC2-263524-C and FAM174A 3’ UTR -11(G) (Equus caballus chromosome 14:69,276,814 and 14:69,119,991 …
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