Equine developmental orthopaedic diseases--a genome-wide association study of first phalanx plantar osteochondral fragments in Standardbred trotters.

Research paper by S S Lykkjen, N I NI Dolvik, M E ME McCue, A K AK Rendahl, J R JR Mickelson, K H KH Røed

Indexed on: 08 Jun '13Published on: 08 Jun '13Published in: Animal Genetics

Abstract

Palmar/plantar osteochondral fragments (POF) in fetlock joints commonly affect and influence the athletic performance of horses. In this study, we used the Equine SNP50 BeadChip® to perform a genome-wide association study of metatarsophalangeal POF in 176 Norwegian Standardbred trotter yearlings. Putative quantitative trait loci (QTL) for medial and/or lateral POF, and medial POF only were identified on ECA1, 2, 7, 9 and 31, whereas for lateral POF, only on ECA7, 11, 27 and X. The moderate number of QTL evidences a complex inheritance and suggests various genes controlling POF development in medial and lateral locations.

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