HYPP: hyperkalemic periodic paralysis
Impressive, a halter horse, was bred because of his great muscles. Not knowing that his muscular beauty was in fact the problem. After being bred to many, many mares they trace back this disorder to him. It was estimated that more than 55,000 Quarter Horses, Paints, and Appaloosas world-wide bore his pedigree. (http://www.foundationhorses.com/impressive_syndrom.htm) This disorder can be deadly but often causes a muscular twitching that can cause the horse unable to move. This gene is also the dominant gene meaning most of those bred with Impressive in the pedigree will have traces of the disorder in them. With the proper care and diet, horses with the Impressive Syndrom can survive. But still, horses with the gene are being bred and registered.
Rose is a carrier of HYPP. :(
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