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SAP frequency in Saskatchewan Charolais cattle(I) W. E. HOWELL, J. J. LAUVERGNE Department of Animal and Poultry Science University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Canada, S7NOWO * DéPartement de Génétique animale, LN.R.A. Centre national de Recherches zoolechniques 35o78Jouy-en-Josas, France Summary A survey among 350 breeders of Charolais in Saskatchewan, Canada, was undertaken in the fall of 1977.Useable replies were received from 124 breeders on 2038cows producing zi83calves. Among these there were 19 cases of hereditary SAP (Syndromeof Arthrogryposis and in neonates for a of 590. 100. Following for Palatoschisis) frequency p. adjustments percen- tage of Charolais breeding in the dams it was apparent from the complete data that the frequency of defectives calves was not significantly different from that observed in the pure breedinFrance. It is concluded that the and of the SAP Chavolais in Canada frequency penetrance gene among are the same as in France :q = 200,.w = 120.(mid sex) and that the latter is not influenced by the percentage of Chavollais blood (which is contrary to former belief). I. - Introduction Studies of SAP (Syndrome of Arthrogryposis and Palatoschisis) in Charolais cattle have been mainly conducted in France and Canada and have been reviewed by IrAUV!RGN! and FAUCON (1976). This syndrome has been demonstrated to be conditionned by a single auto- somal recessive gene with a penetrance apparently varying with the