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Shelterwood: Coat Color Testing
In the months before the meeting, I ordered blood type kits and the microchips so I could have a means of positive Identification on my small but elite herd of mares and my stallion. I decided to take advantage of Shelterwood Labs advertisement on doing Color Coat testing using the blood submitted for blood typing. The results were shocking. The color tests on my two buckskins stated they were black with no agouti, the bay mare's test stated she was a chestnut with a double agouti and the palomino had a double agouti. I talked to the person who did the tests and he said the tests don't lie. Dr. Ketchem called Sharon Brandon and told her I had mixed up the paperwork and they were redoing the tests. The new tests confirmed I have two buckskins , a bay and a palomino. I also sent hair samples to UC Davis to be retested because I wanted to be sure about the presence of the agouti gene. The bay and one buckskin have double agouti and the bay is homozygous for black. One buckskin has one agouti gene and both are heterozygous for both red and black factors. The palomino has no agouti. If this is an example of the percentage of errors made by Shelterwood done on just my horses don't you wonder just how accurate are their tests. Elsie
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