etalon-logo-white_edited.png
  • Home

  • About Us

    • Scientific Advisors
    • Veterinary Advisors
    • Sports & Breeding Advisors
  • Build-a-Horse

  • Services

    • Horse Genes Made Easy - Colors
    • See How Color Genes Work!
    • Horse Health & Disease Made Easy
    • Performance and Abilities
    • Ancestry & Composition
    • ID & Parentage
  • Gift a DNA Test

  • News

    • Etalon Blog
    • Kissing Spines Study Results
    • Etalon Publications and Discoveries
    • Educational Webinars
    • Join Our Newsletter
    • Contact
    • FAQs
    • Anhidrosis Testing
  • More

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    • Facebook
    • Instagram

    LOGIN

    ORDER
    • All Posts
    • Client Testimonials
    • Advisors
    • Genetic Discovery
    • Horse Coat Color
    • Human Research
    Search
    Etalon Releases Chronic Anhidrosis Risk DNA Testing in Early Discovery Phase
    Etalon Admin
    • Feb 8
    • 4 min

    Etalon Releases Chronic Anhidrosis Risk DNA Testing in Early Discovery Phase

    Etalon Equine Genetics now offers early discovery phase testing for risk of Chronic Idiopathic Anhidrosis (CIA) in the horse.
    113 views0 comments
    Is HERDA Always a Death Sentence? Horse Discovered Homozygous for HERDA With Minimal Signs
    Etalon Admin
    • Sep 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    Is HERDA Always a Death Sentence? Horse Discovered Homozygous for HERDA With Minimal Signs

    Read the full scientific publication here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2021.103756 Video provided by Dr. Tyler Troop, veterinarian and educator at Performance Equine Associates in Oklahoma. Hereditary Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia, or “HERDA”, is a heritable skin disease that primarily affects the American Quarter Horse breed. Signs or symptoms of HERDA include stretchy, elastic skin that tears easily, slow or non-healing skin wounds or lacerations, hematomas and ulcerat
    314 views0 comments
    The Windfall Lineage’s Thoroughbred Ancestry: Pedigree vs. Genomic Measure
    Etalon Admin
    • Aug 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Windfall Lineage’s Thoroughbred Ancestry: Pedigree vs. Genomic Measure

    Today, we are taking a look at a line of horses and how drastically different pedigree can be from actual genomic measures of Thoroughbred ancestry. We will further analyze this using the Windfall lineage. Windfall II, owned by Tim Holekamp, is a 27-year-old Trakehner stallion sired by Habicht and out of Wundermaedel, that represented the United States in the 2004 Olympic Games to help secure team bronze. Accumulating 1,281.5 points over his eventing career, Windfall II is t
    75 views0 comments
    Let’s dive into Olympic half-brothers’ DNA! Tsetserleg vs. Vandiver Genetic Deep Dive
    Etalon Admin
    • Aug 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    Let’s dive into Olympic half-brothers’ DNA! Tsetserleg vs. Vandiver Genetic Deep Dive

    Vandiver and Tsetserleg are two half-brothers that have just competed in this years’ Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 for Team USA Eventing. Both brothers were sired by eventing & Olympic royalty - Windfall II. Accumulating 1,281.5 points over his eventing career, Windfall II is third on the list of United States Eventing Association, Inc. (USEA)'s historical high point standings. The journey of Vandiver and Tsetserleg to the Olympic level raises questions for curious minds: Is succ
    338 views0 comments
    Horse.png

    CONTACT

     

    Phone:   650.380.2995

    Email:     info@etalondx.com

     

    VISIT

     

    405 El Camino Real, #234 Menlo Park, CA 94025

     

    CONNECT

    ​

    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram

    © 2021 Etalon Inc.