Mutation Causing Lavender Foal Syndrome Identified

by: Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc

A mutation in the gene called myosin Va (MYO5A) is responsible for Lavender Foal Syndrome (LFS), reported a group of researchers from Cornell University and The Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center. LFS is a heritable, fatal, neurological disease of horses that primarily occurs in the Egyptian Arabian, a sub-group of the Arabian breed currently found worldwide. Common clinical... 


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