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In a message dated 3/2/04 8:20:13 PM Central Standard Time, heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:


> So it is really incorrect to suggest that it is the linebreeding that
> "causes" the problem.


Of course, Heidi, you are the expert and I defer to your higher level of education in these matters.  Perhaps my wording was not absolute in the scientific definition.  The way I read the report, it seemed to me that linebreeding Poco Bueno was enhancing or magnifying (thus causing) the existing problem.  Here is a snip of the report:

“It is not just a problem with cutting horses,” she says. “It can involve 
all disciplines when Poco Bueno is involved.” “It’s not the horses’ fault,” 
says Rashmir. “It’s the way we have bred them. Many of these horses have 
been, and are, wonderful athletes and, though they are carriers, have no outward 
signs of the disease. Breeders are going to have to take responsibility for 
their decisions and not breed known carrier to known carrier.” Mississippi State 
University has taken a step to facilitate that process. Horse owners can send 
pedigrees involving potential matings to Rashmir and she will analyze them and 
seek to determine the degree of probability of the offspring inheriting 
either the gene or the disease itself. A fee of $25, which goes directly into the 
HC Research Fund, is charged. The address is College of Veterinary Medicine, 
P.O. Box 6100, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762. With 
Rashmir’s help, the first step in curtailing spread of the HC gene pool can be 
taken by individual breeders. The American Quarter Horse association is 
concerned about HC, says Gary Griffith, executive director of registration for AQHA. 
He says the announcement by Rashmir and Winand, to his knowledge, is the 
first public revelation concerning the Poco Bueno bloodline being the primary 
reservoir for the HC gene. He said that AQHA is funding research at the University 
of California, Davis, which is attempting to identify the gene responsible 
for HC. Hopefully, such research, he says, will provide a simple genetic test 
that will identify HC carriers. “All of the information stemming from research 
into this problem will be passed on to the appropriate (AQHA) committees for 
consideration and action,” he says. There is good news for owners of Poco 
Bueno-bred horses--not all of them are HC gene carriers. Many are not. The goal is 
to determine which ones are and avoid breeding carrier to carrier.    
    
happy trails
Carrie Anne

Carrie A. Lewis
Honey Creek Farms Est. 1987
Prairieville, Texas
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Still have horses as long as 
I can shuffle along with a pail.
When I can no longer shuffle, I will roll
My wheelchair to the pasture fence
To watch my horses graze.