Objective The project will use reliable state-of-the-art genomic technologies for the rapid identification of genetic markers for heritable diseases in horses, which will facilitate effective genomics based selection against disease susceptibility. The diseases of particular focus for this project are osteochondrosis (OC), insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH) and chronic progressive lymphedema (CPL). The occurrence of these diseases is a significant problem for horse owners and breeders and leads to poor animal welfare and severe economic losses. The initiative of this project is mainly based on the strong wish from the studbooks to obtain a genetic alternative to the more traditional breeding methods which are often not feasible in the smaller breeds. For each disease, a genetic component to disease susceptibility has been confirmed and several research groups in Europe have independently carried out small to medium-sized studies in order to find the causative genetic mechanisms underlying the disorder. However, the mode of inheritance for these diseases appears to be complex, and no genes or mutations have been identified yet, suggesting that analysis of much larger sample sizes is required or across datasets. This project aims to bring together the efforts of European research groups that are currently working on the genetics of disease susceptibility in horses. This collaboration will enable the groups to pool data for meta-analysis leading to more rapid progress in the identification of the genes and suitable gene markers for use in genomic selection against disease susceptibility. The SME associations, in close collaboration with the RTD performers, will develop breeding strategies that are optimized to the specific situation of that SME association. Once genetic markers are found, these markers will be implemented in the breeding programs of the different SME associations and can be commercialized. This will improve the competitive position of the SME partners represented by the associations. The breeding organisations will have direct access to the tests through commercial labs and through the labs they already collaborate with for their parentage control. Fields of science medical and health sciencesclinical medicineangiologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsmutation Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2013-2 - Research for SME Associations Call for proposal FP7-SME-2013 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME-AG - Research for SME associations/groupings Coordinator KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN EU contribution € 102 100,00 Address OUDE MARKT 13 3000 Leuven Belgium See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Arr. Leuven Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Tine Heylen (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (15) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BRITISH EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION LBG United Kingdom EU contribution € 240 819,00 Address STONELEIGH PARK NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL CENTER CV8 2RH KENILWORTH WARWICKSHIRE See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Jan Rogers (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KONINKLIJKE VERENIGING HET FRIESCH PAARDEN-STAMBOEK Netherlands EU contribution € 250 484,00 Address OPRIJLAAN 1 9205 BZ DRACHTEN See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Ids Hellinga (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SVENSKA ISLANDSHASTFORBUNDET Sweden EU contribution € 173 000,00 Address Ridsportens Hus 734 94 STROMSHOLM See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Göran Montan (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BELGISCH WARMBLOEDPAARD/CHEVAL DE SANG BELGE/BELGISCHES WARMBLUTPFERDGOE BWP VZW Belgium EU contribution € 163 820,00 Address WAVERSEBAAN 99 3050 OUD HEVERLEE See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Rudi Eerdekens (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SVENSKA HASTAVELSFORBUNDET Sweden EU contribution € 245 820,00 Address GRABRODRAGATAN 1 532 24 SKARA See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Christina Storm (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KONINKLIJKE MAATSCHAPPIJ HET BELGISCH TREKPAARD VZW Belgium EU contribution € 11 820,00 Address ALGEMEEN STEMRECHTLAAN 49 1030 BRUSSEL See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Jan De Boitselier (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BRONDEEL MAARTEN EN DONAAT LV Belgium EU contribution € 52 337,75 Address BREEMEERSEN 36 9880 LOTENHULLE AALTER See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Maarten Brondeel (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STAL GROENEWEG BV Netherlands EU contribution € 52 337,75 Address GROENEWEG 28A 1861 PH BERGEN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Cees Roozemond (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SUNDQVIST MARIE CHARLOTTE HELENA Sweden EU contribution € 52 337,00 Address VIALMVAGEN 5 387 91 BORGHOLM See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Marie Sundquist (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data DR. 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