See also Cream gene Dilution gene Equine coat color Equine coat color genetics References Horse coat color tests from the UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Lab Introduction to Coat Color Genetics from Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis.

Equine casualties were especially high during battles of attrition, such as the 1916 Battle of Verdun between French and German forces.

It is also a crisis of emerging infectious diseases (EID s), such as HIV in humans, Ebola in humans and gorillas, West Nile virus and Avian Influenza in humans and birds, chytrid fungi in amphibians, and distemper in sea lions. There is every reason to take these events seriously, because EID s appear to have a long evolutionary history.

See also Autism friendly Effects of equine assisted therapy on autism Ryan's Law References Further reading William Shaw, Bernard Rimland, Biological treatments for autism and PDD , 3rd ed., W. Shaw, 2008 ISBN 0 9661238 1 6 Reviewed in This describes a special issue of the journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America , titled Treating Autism Spectrum Disorders (volume 17, issue 4, pages 713 932) and dated October 2008.