CA - Cerebellar Abiotrophy - affected arabian horse filly

This is a 1 month old arabian horse filly with the genetic disease CA - Cerebellar Abiotrophy. The video is taken at the animal clinic of the University of Zürich in l992 - added are some informative additions for better understandig of this autosomal recessive genetic disease. Since 2009 is a test available to avoid affected foals.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• CA
• Cerebellar Abiotrophy
• affected
• arabian horse
• filly
• colt
• foal

[PojkenMedTejpen]

Can you ever ride a horse who have this problem?

[ELAcrisi]

@PojkenMedTejpen no, to dangerouse but there are some horses they have the disease in such a mild form that you even don't know about if you don't test or you get an affected foal by chance. But they are very rare. It's still not known why there are so different manifestations of the disease.

[ELAcrisi]

internet - cerebellar-abiotrophy -organiisatiojn

Here you get a lot of additional information, adresses, more videos

[ELAcrisi]

@ELAcrisi

you cannot post internet adresses on you tube:

first: use 3 time w and dot.

second: cerebellar-abiotrophy and dot.

third: org the short form of organisation

[ELAcrisi]

no, there are also other races like fe the Oldenburger, but due to the small gene pool and the strong use of several bloodlines and stallions it became a bigger problem in arabians.

[blackday44]

@PaintedFaith At least they are loved, then, for their short lives. Just curious, are there different stages of the disease, where some horses have it worse then others?

[PaintedFaith]

@blackday44 If a cat falls off of something they may injure themselves and require surgery, but they won't kill the person they're standing next to. If a horse falls over not only can they injure THEMSELVES, they can also seriously injure or even kill their handler. The unpredicatbility and poor quality of life for a horse like this often leads to the owner's decision to humanely euthanize them.

[blackday44]

The filly doesn't seem to see anything wrong with herself: she's just happy little horse. A horse isn't a broken animal just because you can't ride them. In fact, there is a disease in cats that does something like this; makes them fall, walk sideways, etc, and those cats live long healthy lives.

Yes, i understand a horse falling over and cat falling over are different- doesn't mean they can't be loving family members, though, just because they are a little tipsy.

[TheFlyingArabianPony]

Unfortunately the only test for CA is inaccurate at this point, as they only used one arabian sire (Pepton) and his progeny to develop the test. As of June 2011, 100% of Pepton progeny which have been tested are positive. Obviously, this is implausible, and only solidifies the needs for a proper test in order to stop this horrendous disease.

[slipknotgirl06]

I would sad awww how sad. But this little filly has no clue that she has a problem. She is having a darn blast and just being a foal. Great Video

[Angel100475]

So sad. Poor little thing. She seems happy though.

[wraeki]

very sad for this filly.  thanyou for the education

[CSWRB]

Gosh, I'm so sorry this filly was born this way. Other than this sad disease, she is lovely.