The incidence of perinatal mortality of Arabian horses in Croatia is in accordance with the
high frequency of lethal and sublethal mutations in Arabian horses in other countries. The
objective of this study was to investigate the frequency of recessive genes causing lavender
foal syndrome (LFS) in three Croatian breeds of Arabian horse and to compare these
findings with the literature reports. Pedigree and molecular analyses indicated the existence
of three distinct breeds of Arabian horses (Traditional Arabian, Shagya Arab, and Pure …