Studies on blood types for the reproduction of racing horses 1. Analysis of serum albumin type

Lim, Young-jae; Eom, Young-ho

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 1989;29(4):457-460.

Young-jae Lim, Young-ho Eom

Korean Horse Affairs Association

경주마(競走馬) 생산(生産)을 위한 혈액형(血液型) 연구(硏究) I. 혈청(血淸) Albumin형(型)에 대(對)하여

임영재, 엄영호

한국마사회 마필보건소

Abstract

This work was carried out to get some informations about blood types and their researches, involved blood stock and genetic identification. Horses examined were total 55 heads of sire, mare and their progeny in Korean Horse Affairs Association. 1. Albumin phenotypes of 26 mare were examined. The appearance of phenotype AA, BB, AB, was 1, 18, 7 respectively. The gene frequency of albumin A was 0.17 and albumin B was 0.76. 2. The appearance of phenotype AA, BB, AB in 29 progeny was 1, 16, 12 respectively. The gene frequency of albumin A was 0.24 and albumin B was 0.76. The gene frequency of gene A was higher than their parents. 3. Identification of the relationship between parents and their progeny was also examined. 4 of type AB between AA & BB, 4 of type BB between BB & BB, 13 of type AB between BB & AB were borned. In third case, all of progeny was type AB. This results suggest positive relationship between them.

Key Words: horse blood type, serum albumin type, reproduction