I was just reading fugly's blogspot....?

Question

what's HYPP (when she's talking about paints and QH) stand for, i'm australian and unfamiliar with this terminology..

Answer 1

I like the bringing light to hypp website too...

I thumbed her for you Ziggy...or did I do it for me?  Oh well...she got the thumb!  She has excellent advice...

Answer 2

Go Super !

Not so long ago I was wondering about this too - obviously it's practically unheard of in the UK as I don't think many QHs get imported. But it is nasty.

Answer 3

Super_g (not sure what the rest of her name is) Gave an excellent answer to this question....I know this is more of a comment than an answer but i wanted acknowledge her answer, and I can't give any thumbs up yet!

Just to add to this discussion, i completely stay away from impressive bred horses. hypp h/h, n/h or n/n i don't touch 'em. I owned a horse quite a few years back with the disease before I even know what it was. He was one of my first horses, I was young and ill-informed...

I remember getting a phone call at one in the morning from the woman who owned the barn I kept him at telling me my horse was having a seizure and convulsions. It was a scary thing to witness, especially since I had NO idea what was going on. I've never bought a horse with impressive breeding since then.

Answer 4

hyperkalemic periodic paralysis. it's a genetic fault in impressive bred qh's, paints, and appys. it's a horrible disease that needs to be erradicated from the gene pool. HYPP causes seizures, muscle spasms, airway paralysis, and death. horses with hypp are unpredictable as to when they're going to have an attack and should never be ridden by children or novice riders because the rider can be trapped under the horse when it falls due to a seizure. horses will full blown HYPP cannot be treated and it will eventually kill them. read this first link, especially the "experiences" page for some real, first hand accounts and heartbreaking stories as to why hypp is a bad thing! there is also a video of a horse having an attack

http://www.bringinglighttohypp.org/

http://www.foundationhorses.com/impressi...

http://www.hypp.8m.com/

**thanks ziggy and bunny! i learned from the school of been there done that! lol i got lucky enough to stay away from hypp though and never had to experience that one