Table 1.
Summary of the present state of knowledge about inherited disorders and other familial traits in non-laboratory animals (from http://www.angis.org.au/omia/).
| cat | cattle | chicken | dog | emu | fox | goat | horse | pig | quail | rabbit | sheep | turkey | total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| disorders/traits | 263 | 357 | 174 | 451 | 4 | 5 | 66 | 184 | 203 | 34 | 48 | 179 | 28 | 1996 |
| single-locus disorders/traits | 38 | 56 | 63 | 100 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 33 | 19 | 12 | 59 | 8 | 427 |
| disorders/traits for which the causative mutation has been identified at the DNA level | 7 | 27 | 11 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 126 |
| potential animal models for a human disorder | 123 | 117 | 34 | 207 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 86 | 65 | 9 | 27 | 62 | 3 | 762 |