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Stachurska A. , Ussing A. , Kolstrung R. 2002. TOBIANO AND LEOPARD ALLELES IN FELIN PONY POPULATION, EJPAU 5(1), #04.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume5/issue1/animal/abs-04.html

ABSTRACT

The phenotype in 19 tobiano–leopard ponies has been described. The tobiano pattern has been identified in them according to the arrangement of white and dark areas, sharp and smooth edges of the areas, rather big white markings on heads, white legs or large markings on the legs and sometimes wall eyes. The leopard–spotted pattern has been recognised thanks to the dark leopard spots of the base colour or darker, the roaned or frosted areas emerging from white patches or occupying the whole dark patches, jagged patch edges, fragments of mottled skin, eyes with visible sclera and striped hooves. Sometimes, only the visible sclera or a blurred part of the patch edge has indicated the presence of the leopard–spotted pattern.

Key words: horse, coat colour, tobiano pattern, leopard–spotted pattern, inheritance.

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