#lameness

[horsesarecreatures]

[thescienceofequus]

Equine Kissing Spines Gene Found – The Horse

Researchers discovered a connection between Chromosome 25 and the presence of kissing spines in horses.

TheHorse.com | 9 September, 2022

The group ran genotyping on 155 Warmbloods and stock-horse breeds that had presented to the participating veterinarians’ clinics due to back pain and/or poor performance. The horses’ veterinary evaluations revealed they ranged from having severe Grade 4 kissing spines to no kissing spines.

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The team identified one associated variant, or allele, for kissing spines on Chromosome 25. This single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) BIEC2-668062 is linked to an average increase in one kissing spines severity grade for each of the horse’s two copies of the allele (one from each parent).

This allele did not correlate with the horses’ height, which appears to be a separate and unique factor for kissing spines, Lafayette said.

It was, however, in proximity to a gene already known in other species to be associated with chondrocyte (a cartilage-producing cell) proliferation, a sign sometimes observed histopathologically (under a microscope) with kissing spines, said Laura Patterson Rosa, DVM, PhD, a scientific consultant at Etalon Diagnostics and first author of the group’s study publication. “It was reassuring that one of the ‘neighboring’ genes to our best marker was indeed previously implicated,” she said.

The discovered allele isn’t a causative for kissing spines, however. It’s only one of many factors linked to disease development, including exercise, rider skill and weight, riding equipment and fit, core muscle strength, head and neck position, injury, and lameness, said Lafayette.

[chieana]

"how do you see your fave bands?" (no one asked)

mcr: oops! all omegas

fob: oops! all alphas

(oggles the above two answers a second too long)

ls dunes: what happens when you put a cock in the hen house

p!atd: what happens when you put a cishet man in the gay club

[doodlehorseafternoon]

I rechecked my horse’s lameness on Monday and this was the shenanigans that unfolded:

Horse: *looking good at the walk both directions on the lunge line*

Me: Sweet, all good. Can you trot please?

Horse: Okie, can do! *takes off forwards and upwards at mach 10*

Me: ...

Me: Oh my god

Me: hey- HEY!! Slow down you gremlin!!

Horse: *comes to a stop and looks at me politely*

We then repeated this process a second time, except she went to mach 12 instead of 10 this time. High speed, bucking and running like a mad woman. I get her back to a stop and she looks at me all innocent

Me: Alright, that’s it, your long line privileges are revoked missy

Horse: :D

For reference, she knows verbal cues for all of her commands. I asked literally once with my voice and she took off like Sonic the Hedgehog

[obscureoperations]

Concept: strolling through the park on a hot summer day with Martin, having just stopped at an ice cream truck. As you pause by a tree, He wants to try a bite of yours. You take a bite before instructing him to close his eyes🤭

[zainyyyy]

| MOOD |

At times I wish I were 16 y/o listening "broken angel" rather than being 23 in this pandemic

^ sad reacts only, lol

[microcosme11]

Marshalate ask

Thanks for asking me! although I don’t know anything as you will see.

1) Who is your favorite marshal?

Glorious Murat

11) favorite fictional depiction of any of the marshals?

I can only tell you my least favorite: Murat in that 2003 TV movie with Christian Clavier. He was awful!!  (I love Christian Clavier, though.)

12) Favorite portrait of any of the marshals. The one of Murat below because of his haughty look. He also has the puffy sleeves there. I love it when any of Napoleon’s staff has a haughty expression.

13) Any recommendations on reading materials/documentaries for the marshals.

There was one describing a harrowing troop movement through the Alps by MacDonald, much more difficult than Napoleon’s. But I can’t remember which book it was! He wasn’t a Marshal yet.