Eothain
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Can anybody describe the symptoms. I never heard of it until I read it in the Breeding Myths thread. How does it manifest itself in horses?
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Down Syndrome in horses
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Booboos
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I don't think that thread suggested that horses can have Down's Syndrome, but perhaps I misunderstood it?
I read it as saying that the age of the mare's eggs does not lead to genetic defects as such, rather there may be more chance, with time, that a defective egg becomes fertilized. The defects referred to were general defects, not Down's Syndrome.
The thread also moved on to consider genetic abnormalities in humans and the likelihood of older women giving birth to children with Down's.
I read it as saying that the age of the mare's eggs does not lead to genetic defects as such, rather there may be more chance, with time, that a defective egg becomes fertilized. The defects referred to were general defects, not Down's Syndrome.
The thread also moved on to consider genetic abnormalities in humans and the likelihood of older women giving birth to children with Down's.
Eothain
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I hope you're right and that I took it up wrong!
Booboos
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Google throws no hits for Down's Syndrome and horse (other than using horses for therapy) which tends to suggest it does not exist.