Horse Coat Color Panel

Description

Herd of horses with different coat colors

The horse coat color panel bundles together several diagnostic tests to evaluate coat color.

Panel can be purchased on MyVGL. See below for pricing and list of specific tests included in panel.

 

Note: Gray test included in this panel only detects presence or absence of gray. The panel report does not provide the number of copies of the gray gene. If zygosity information is desired, please order the individual gray test here.
Price

Promotional pricing until December 31, 2021: $80 per animal

Turnaround time
2-6 business days
Tests in This Panel

Red Factor

The extension gene, or red factor, determines whether a horse will have a chestnut base coat color or a black or bay base coat color.

Agouti (Bay/Black)

The agouti gene controls the distribution of black pigment, and determines whether a horse will have a bay or black base coat color.

Champagne

Champagne is a coat color dilution responsible for diluting both red and black pigment as well as causing pinkish/lavender skin and amber-colored eyes.

Cream

Cream is a dilution that causes the palomino, buckskin, smoky black, cremello, perlino, and smoky cream coat colors.

Dun Dilution

Dun is a coat color dilution characterized by lightening of the coat, with the head, lower legs, mane, and tail undiluted. Oftentimes, dun is also characterized by "primitive markings" such as a dark dorsal stripe, barring of the legs, shoulder stripes, and "cobwebbing" on the forehead.

Gray

The gray gene causes progressive depigmentation of the hair, often resulting in a color that is almost completely white by 6-8 years of age. The individual gray test will determine zygosity. The coat color panel tests detect presence or absence of the gray allele.

Pearl

Pearl is a coat color dilution that is characterized by a dilution of the coat, mane, and tail as well as a lightening of the skin.

Silver

The silver dilution dilutes black/brown pigment to lighten the manes and tails of black and bay horses to a flaxen or silver gray. The silver dilution is also associated with an inherited ocular syndrome known as Multiple Congenital Ocular Anomalies (MCOA).
Type of Sample
20-30 Hairs With Roots

Species

Horse

Breed

Crossbred Unknown Akhal Teke American Sport Horse American Sport Pony American Warmblood Andadura Andalusian Appalachian Singlefoot Appaloosa Appendix Arabian Arriador Australian Stock Horse Azteca Baden-Wurttemberg Barockpinto Baroque Pinto Bashkir Curly Bavarian Belgian Belgian Sport Horse Belgian Warmblood Brandenburg British Sport Horse Bucking Horse Burchell's Zebra Caballo Deportivo la Silla Camarillo White Canadian Horse Canadian Warmblood Caspian Horse Chapman's Zebra Chilean Horse Cleveland Bay Clydesdale Connemara Pony Continental Warmblood Costa Rican Paso Horse Cream Draft Criollo Curly Dales Pony Danish Warmblood Deutsches Reitpony Deutsches Sportpferd Donkey, Ass, Burro Draft Cross Dutch Harness Horse Dutch Warmblood Exmoor Pony Falabella Faux Friesian Fell Pony Finnhorse Fire Friesian Frederiksborg French Warmblood "Selle Francais" Friesian Friesian Cross Friesian Sporthorse Georgian Grande German Riding Pony Gotland Pony Grevy's Zebra Gypsian Gypsy Cob Gypsy Vanner Hackney Horse Hackney Pony Haflinger Half Andalusian Half Arabian Half-Marchador Hanoverian Hartmann's Zebra Heck Tarpan Hessen Hibrido Holsteiner Iberian Warmblood Iceland Pony Icelandic Horse Imperial Heritage Horse Sporthorse International Sport Pony Irish Draught Irish Hunter Kallblodstravare Kentucky Mountain Horse Kerry Bog Pony Kiang Kiger Mustang Knabstrupper Kulan Latvian Warmblood Lipizzaner Lusitano Mangalarga Mangalarga Marchador Mexican Sport Horse Miniature Horse Missouri Fox Trotter Mongolian Domestic Horse Morab Morgan Horse Moriesian Moroccan Barb Mountain Pleasure Horse Mule Mustang National Show Horse Newfoundland Pony Nokota North American Trakehner Norwegian Fjord Horse Oldenburg Onager Other Paint Horse Paso Fino Percheron Performance Horse Int'l Peruvian Paso Pinto Polish Warmblood Pony of the Americas Przewalski Pura Raza Española Quarter Horse Racking Horse Rheinland Rheinland Pfaltz-Saar Rocky Mountain Horse Russian Orloff Russian Warmblood Saddlebred Scottish Highland Pony Shetland Pony Shire Shire Crossbred Sillo Argentino Single-Footing Horse Spanish Barb Spanish Heritage Horse Spanish Mustang Spotted Saddle Horse Standardbred Suffolk Punch Swedish Warmblood Tarpan Tennessee Walking Horse Thailand Pony Thoroughbred Trakehner Trocha Trocha y Galope Trote y Galope Turbo Friesian Uruguayan Criollo Virginia Warmblood Warlander Welsh Pony Welsh Pony Weser Ems Ponies Westfalen Wild Horse Zangersheide British Spotted Pony Noriker Ardennes Norwegian Nordland Breton Comtois New Forest Pony Cob Normand Rhenish German Coldblood South German Coldblood Saxon-Thuringian Coldblood Coldblooded Trotter Selle Français Silesian Horse Colorado Ranger
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Type of Panel

Coat Color and/or Type

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