Collaborative efforts between researchers on both sides of the Atlantic have identified that a genetic mutation in enzyme glycogen synthase 1 (GYS1) is an important cause of polysaccharide storage ...

Expert vets are “strongly advising” horse owners against using independent and unvalidated genetic tests for certain conditions – stating that “seemingly normal animals” have been put down as a result ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Knoxville Police Department has announced the retirement of one of its original Mounted Patrol horses, Waggoner. Waggoner was diagnosed with polysaccharide storage myopathy, a ...

Providing a diet low in nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC), such as sugars and starch, is key to maintaining horses diagnosed with diseases such as laminitis, hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HYPP), ...