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Table 1 Breeds and sex of horses on which WFFS genotyping was performed

From: Warmblood fragile foal syndrome causative single nucleotide polymorphism frequency in horses in Ireland

Breed

Mares

Geldings

Colts

Stallions

Sex Unknown

Total Number

Sport Horse

140

120

16

9

18

303

N/WFFS

4 (4.28%)

1 (1.66%)

1 (6.25%)

0

0

6 (1.98%)

N/N

136 (97.14%)

119 (99.16%)

15 (93.75%)

9 (100%)

18 (100%)

297 (98%)

Thoroughbred

78

16

6

7

2

109

N/WFFS

3 (3.84%)

0

0

0

0

3 (2.75%)

N/N

75 (96.15%)

16 (100%)

6 (100%)

7 (100%)

1 (100%)

105 (97.22%)

Other

27

29

1

0

0

57

N/WFFS

0

0

0

0

0

0

N/N

27 (100%)

29 (100%)

1

0

0

57 (100%)

Total

245

165

23

16

20

469

N/WFFS

7 (2.85%)

1 (0.01%)

1 (0.41%)

0

0

9 (1.9%)

N/N

238 (97.14%)

164 (99%)

22 (95.6%)

16 (100%)

20 (100%)

460 (98.08%)

  1. N/WFFS heterozygous carrier, N/N homozygous non-carrier