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>>Snout
Published on 2008-03-07 02:51:00
Snout A horse's snout. A snout is the protruding portion of an animal's face, consisting of its nose, mouth, and jaw. The snout is also often called a muzzle. A piece of equipment also called a muzzle can be placed over the snout to prevent th > read more
>>Withers
Published on 2008-03-07 02:51:00
Withers The location of the withers on a horse. The withers is the highest point on the back of a non-upright animal, on the ridge between its shoulder blades.// > read more
>>Stenotic nares
Published on 2008-03-07 02:50:00
Stenotic nares Before surgury After surgury Stenotic nares is part of the brachycephalic syndrome of short-nosed dogs. Breeds such as Boxers, Bulldogs, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Pugs, Boston Terriers, Sh > read more
>>Self colour
Published on 2008-01-12 12:25:00
Self colour The Russian Blue is a cat breed selected for a self blue colour This golden Lhasa Apso has some slight colour variation in his coat, but each hair is a uniform shade and he has no white markings, > read more
>>Pastern
Published on 2008-01-12 12:24:00
PasternThe pastern is a part of the horse between the fetlock joint and the hoof, or between the wrist and forepaw of a dog. It is the equivalent to the two largest bones found in the human finger. It was famously mis-defined by Dr Johnson in his di > read more
>>Natural bobtail
Published on 2008-01-12 12:19:00
Natural bobtailA natural bobtail is a tail which due to a mutated gene grows to a shortened length or is completely cut off at the base of the spine. The term also refers to animals carrying the gene for a naturally short tail or animals that natura > read more
>>Merle (coat colour in dogs)
Published on 2008-01-06 12:36:00
Merle (coat colour in dogs) Jump to: navigation, search Blue merle Border Collie puppy Merle (In Welsh:Brych) is a colour combination in dogs’ coats. It is a solid base color (usually red/brown or black) with light > read more
>>Hip score
Published on 2008-01-06 12:35:00
Hip scoreHip scoring is a procedure used to determine the degree of hip dysplasia in dogs and other animals and reporting the findings in a standard way. The hip score is the sum of the points awarded for each of nine radiographic tures of both hip > read more
>>Hairless dog
Published on 2008-01-06 12:34:00
Hairless dogA hairless dog is a dog with a genetic disposition for hairlessness. There are two known types of genetic hairlessness, a dominant and a recessive type. Dominant genes Dogs with dominant genes for hairlessness can pass their attributes > read more
>>Docking (dog)
Published on 2008-01-06 12:33:00
Docking (dog)Docking is used as a term for the intentional removal of part of an animal's tail or ears. The term cropping is also used, more commonly in reference to the docking of ears, while docking more commonly—but not exclusively—refers t > read more