[American Quarter Horses and HYPP].
Hyperkalaemic periodic paralysis is a genetic disease that affects the American Quarter Horse population and is caused by a mutation. As a result of this mutation in a gene which codes for the sodium channel in muscle cells, severe muscle weakness can appear. Reliable DNA-tests can establish whether a horse is homozygous negative, heterozygous, or homozygous positive for this mutation. Therapy and prevention are discussed.
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D000818:Animals; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006736:Horses; D006947:Hyperkalemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D010245:Paralyses, Familial Periodic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*
American Quarter Horses en HYPP.