HYPP Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis

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Test that shows if your horse carries the gene change that causes muscle shaking and weakness in Quarter Horses. Finds out whether your horse carries the SCN4A variant F1416L, the cause of Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HYPP), an inherited muscle disease of Quarter Horses, Paint horses, Appaloosas and related lines.The report gives the genotype directly as n/n, n/H or H/H, from hair roots or EDTA blood, at any age. HYPP is dominant, so a single copy makes a horse susceptible and is passed to half of its foals.Results are issued as a DNA certificate within 5 to 10 working days of the sample reaching the laboratory. Show more