Skin diseases in equine patients are common, which negatively impacts welfare and increases costs for treatment. Genetic testing, when available, can provide early detection, diagnosis and treatment for affected horses, while also aiding breeders to rule out carrier status possibilities.

State-of-the-art genomic diseases help to unravel complex disease, while providing an efficient and cost-effective strategy for disease management. Complex traits of interest such as insect bit hypersensitivity, chronic progressive lymphedema and melanoma are of particular interest.

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Genetics of equine skin disease