We've contributed to the development of genetic screening tests for multiple equine diseases, including combined immunodeficiency disease, equine type I polysaccharide storage myopathy, and lavender
foal syndrome.
We also have remained very active in the area of equine genetics, and our Equine Consortium for Genetics Research helped scientists develop a diagnostic test for lavender
foal syndrome, a genetic disease in which the newborn foal can not stand.
These include, but are not limited to, diseases of the respiratory tract such as pneumonia, recurrent airway obstruction (RAO or heaves), and exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH); neurological abnormalities such as wobbler's
syndrome and equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM); gastrointestinal diseases such as colic, diarrhea, equine gastric ulcer
syndrome (EGUS), and weight loss; endocrine conditions such as equine metabolic
syndrome (EMS) and Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID, or Equine Cushing's
syndrome); neonatal
foal care; and many more.