This message is from: "B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Did you know that the albino does not exist in the horse? What people call albinos in horses are simply white horses. When albinism occurs in the horse it is termed "lethal white" because the foal dies in utero. If one does make it to term, it dies very quickly.
This also occurs in other animals (lethal white) and quite often in Australian Shepherd dogs, where if the white pups do survive, they are either blind or deaf or both. But albinos do not survive in any of the equines. It can also happen in breeding Appaloosas and Paints, where too many white genes combine to produce lethal white. It happens much more often than is realized, as the foals die in the uterus and are absorbed. Just thought I'd toss two cents in. I'd like to see more photos of the white duns in the Fjord. Its certainly interesting, I did not know they came in so many shades of dun. Bonnie Monthly Horse articles, Horse Portraits, Oil Paintings, Prints, Books http://www.hendricksgallery.com What's a Cerbat Horse? Check it out at the site below http://members.xoom.com/BHendricks/Gallery1.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 24, 1999 3:41 PM Subject: Re: oops!!/white duns in North America > This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > At 09:43 AM 5/24/99 -0400, you wrote: > >This message is from: Mike May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Modellen has 27 Brown Dun, 18 White Dun & 1 Albino registered with the NFHR. > > It would be interesting to know is the "albino" has pink skin.., etc. and > is really an albino or just without a stripe like Anvil's Solvaktig and > my filly Anvil's Adel. Do you have a picture of this horse, Mike
