VCS 14001 Small Animal Nursing: Dog/Cat
Breeds
Brown Labrador Retriever - answerchocolate
brown and white pointer - answerliver and white
brown Chesapeake Bay Retriever - answerdeadgrass
Tan Great Dane or Pug - answerfawn
tan and white collie - answerSable and White
tan bloodhound - answerta...
Komander and Puli coats - answer✔- unique corded hair
- if shaved, the hair does not grown back corded
solid color cat - answer✔-may have multiple colors as kitten
- same color throughout coat as adult - solid
tabby cat - answer✔-lighter background - agouti hairs
- agouti hairs aften have several bands of color along length
- second hair color - darker - create the unique tabby pattern
Tabby mask - "M" shape on face
striped - mackeral
blotched - marbled
spotted
blotched tabby - answer✔Marbled - round circles and stripes
Spotted Tabby - answer✔tabby coat pattern with dark blotches or spots against background of
agouti hairs
Ticked Tabby - answer✔Agouti - shaft of hairs alternating black and light with dark tip
No clear markings other than tabby facemask
Bicolor cat - answer✔white + one other coat color
tortoiseshell cat - answer✔- consistent mix of orange and black (or diluted versions of cream
and blue)
- seen most exclusively in female cats
- tortie males probably always sterile
Tricolor or Calico - answer✔- white, black and red (orange) or their diluted versions of cream
and blue
colorpoint - answer✔- face, paws, and tail (tips/points) are of a darker color that the rest of the
body
- actually temperature related
points can be
- dark brown (seal)
- red (flame)
- blue
- lilac
red coat color cat - answer✔- orange/ginger
- sex-linked, usually male
- color connected to tabby pattern
blue coat color cat - answer✔dilute version of black
- in fact deep bluish-grey
cream coat color cat - answer✔dilute version of red
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