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It doesn't take much to distract me from the mass DNA isolations  (lol) Anyway I did some checking and it's possible for the calf to be born red and change to black.  This happens with some holsteins, they are called "changelings" I couldn't find any papers on the subject but this came from...

I was just looking at the Hereford site and thought they had something about it up, but I guess not.  I did all the research in Dr. B's lab for epilepsy, so I can try and answer any specific questions you might have.  I can say that I've done over 14,000 samples and am still trying to get caught...

I don't have any suggestions, Dr. B is pretty sick today, but he has Herefords and could probably suggest something.  I can ask him on Monday.  One thing I wanted you to make sure is to check into Epilepsy status before breeding.  You mention Domino breeding, that's why I brought it up, depends...

Not a problem!!  Can't you tell I'm trying to avoid the 2,000 blood tubes sitting on my bench  (lol)  ITK - Sorry about that! Turbo is doing great!  His first trip by himself to the vet went well, he only tried to kick the vet once....then he got some juice... lol!  We x-rayed his ankle, and...

Samples don't have to be collected by a vet, if you can bleed your own animals do it (at least 2cc's in purple top EDTA tube and invert to prevent clotting).  Don't need to send them next day by any means..2-3 day UPS or Fed Ex is fine.  USPS priority is fine as well, just depends on the...

Both TH and PHA tests are done by AgriGenomics, they are located in Mansfield, IL.  Do NOT send samples to the University as they are not done there.  There are new submission forms I think floating around, online.  They should be the ones that have pricing information on the top. A test costs...

Hi All!  I'm at home, should be working, but had to take Turbo to the vet to get his ankle x-rayed (thought he broke it last fall just had to make sure everything healed fine).  So to answer this question.....  I feel that it can be done, there are some new technologies out there that seem to...

I stand corrected just asked Dr. B and he says he thinks it's a recessive. 

Wow that's interesting and something to for sure take note of.  Ouch...mislabeling.... I tend to be the only person handling the samples I deal with, so if anything is wrong I know exactly who to blame lol!  I've learned with all the diseases I've done the past two years...

I agree.. If cost wasn't an issue, we would probably use the TH pedigree or the PHA pedigree on the chip and see what kind of correlation we can get.  To me that would prove its value as a mapping tool.  Right now they are still working out kinks on data analysis as well.  We sent some...

Just wanted to say..interesting article...  and to add that the technology is out there (probably needs refined of course), but we should be able to "correct" a mutation in a cell line.  Not using the technology in this article but a sort of recombination protocol.  So for example, we could make...

Hey all!  I'll ask Dr. B the specifics when he gets in this morning.  We have had some bad flooding here I know that my pasture is under two feet of water and there are cornstalks all over.   I've been occupied with Hereford Epilepsy samples lately so all I've been doing involves DNA isolation...

Just sent you an e-mail you might find interesting..... and no the PHA gene isn't public yet  ;D

Are you talking about GBED (glycogen branching enzyme deficiency)?  Traced back to King I think.  Anyway the PhD student in MN working on it came down here in I think 2004 or 05 and worked in our lab for about a week.  I think she found the mutation not too long after leaving here, wonder why...

Been following this story since it happened on a barrel horse website (they had to cease all discussions because of legalities of the case).  Anyway I have never met these guys, and I will admit that there could have been some things done to the place to make it better, but torture is really...

Being a horse person myself, glad that horse slaughter made the list of important animal welfare issues.  Believe me this topic has been hashed and rehashed on a barrel horse site I visit.  Do I like the idea of horse slaughter?...no  Do I think it's necessary?...yes  Renegade - I understand...

Red, We've only gotten the few that I spoke of and a lot of times, bottom sides of animals are blank.  We can't find anything in common with the small number we have, which is why I say it might not even be a genetic disorder, we just don't know.  If it is something genetic, it's going to take...

Cornbread, Sorry to hear about your calf!  DL sent me an e-mail so I came over to look at your pictures.  I'd say right now it's probably not a TH calf.  The tell-tale sign is by far the lack of abdominal hernia.  I think she said you had an ear on the way for us to test to be sure, and that's...

Gotta go with racing QH myself.  I had the pony just like everyone else, it was the roughest riding thing I've ever been on, he bit, kicked, bucked, was just plain ornery.  Used to lead him over to the fence with my arms around his neck, climb up on the fence and jump on, no saddle no bridle...

There was a rumor going around that a bull had tested PHAC by blood and then semen was sent by distribution company and it came back PHAF.  We were alerted to this rumor and we found that a semen sample had never been sent on this particular bull.  If there is another bull in question, please...