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Advantages of the MIM (PSSM2) Test

For owners & breeders

  • Gain insight into your horse's symptoms

  • No stressful invasive procedures or muscle biopsy

  • Receive results within 10 to 15 business days after sample receipt 

  • Confirm/exclude muscle integrity myopathy variants (PSSM2 variants) as the cause of symptoms

  • Guide breeding decisions to reduce the frequency of variants in the population

  • Use the submitted sample for any DNA test (other hereditary diseases, coat colors, traits, etc.) in the same order or in the future

For Veterinarians

  • Differential diagnosis to confirm/exclude muscle integrity myopathy variants (PSSM2 variants) as the cause of symptoms for animals with non-specific, isolated, or recurrent symptoms of muscle disease without previous findings.

  • Preventive: assessment of genetic risk allows appropriate feeding and husbandry advice to ameliorate symptom development

  • Advice for breeding selection: targeted selection of breeding animals to reduce the frequency of the genetic variants in the population without reducing genetic diversity or desirable traits.

  • Reliable results through state-of-the-art laboratory technology

 

Test now on Muscle Integrity Myopathy (PSSM2)