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    GENETICS RESEARCH: HOW YOU CAN HELP

    Jun 22, 2018 2 minutes

    Researchers at the Brooks Equine Genetics Lab at the University of Florida are currently investigating the heritability of anhidrosis. And they are asking owners of anhidrotic horses to submit genetic samples for further research.

    “There’s no way we can keep a herd of horses here that all

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