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Bei Piétrain‐kreuzungsschweinen treten familiäre Fölle von Farbwechsel auf
Author(s) -
Borchers N.,
Reinsch N.,
Kalm E.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of animal breeding and genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.689
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1439-0388
pISSN - 0931-2668
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2000.00255.x
Subject(s) - coat , descendant , white (mutation) , white coat , brother , biology , large white , zoology , genetics , physics , ecology , gene , law , astronomy , blood pressure , endocrinology , political science
Summary In this note the coat colour‐change of a descendant of a cross involving Piétrain, Landrace and Large White is described. One sow was born as a black spotted piglet with a white background. At the end of rearing the gilt showed a red background, a change which was also observed in one full brother and two half sisters of the sow. By 1 year of age the red colour had turned to roan. This colour also appeared in another unrelated pig, which was born as a tricoloured animal.