Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed)

Mr. Denis Duggan:

-----and not enough follicles within samples. This year, with the move to SNP technology, we reached out to both veterinary bodies in an effort to try to educate vets as to what was required within the SNP context. The SNP test is more sensitive than the historical microsatellite. Again, we have moved from a situation in July and August when we had a 30% failure rate on that initial visual inspection, including whether a piece of hair follicle was good enough and there was enough of them, back down to the more normalised 4% or 5% failure rate. I am not saying that 4% or 5% is acceptable.

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