tovero
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The Tovero (also known as Tobero)[http://www.painthorse.com.au/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=25&Itemid=29 PHAA]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} Retrieved on 13 January 2009 coloration is a mix of tobiano and overo colorations in Pinto horses and American Paint Horses. The genetics of pinto coloration are not always fully understood, and some horses have a combination of patterns that does not fit cleanly in either category.
Some characteristics of a Tovero colored horse include:
- Dark pigmentation around the ears, sometimes called a "Medicine Hat" or a "War bonnet"
- Dark pigmentation around the ears, expanding to cover the forehead and/or eyes.
- Isolated "shield" dark markings completely surrounded by white, particularly on the face or chest.
- One or both eyes blue.
- Dark pigmentation around the mouth, which may extend up the sides of the face and form spots.
- Chest spot(s) in varying sizes. These may also extend up the neck.
- Flank spot(s) ranging in size. These are often accompanied by smaller spots that extend forward across the barrel, and up over the loin.
- Spots, varying in size, at the base of the tail.
See also
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081026125923/http://www.apha.com/breed/lethalwhites03.html Paul D. Vrotsos RVT and Elizabeth M. Santschi DVM. University of Minnesota Genetics Group. "Stalking the Lethal White Syndrome". Paint Horse Journal. July 1998.]
- [http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/coatcolorhorse.php "Horse coat color tests"] from the UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Lab
- [http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/coatcolor.php "Introduction to Coat Color Genetics"] from Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. Web Site accessed January 12, 2008
External links
- [http://www.apha.com American Paint Horse Association]
- [http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/tobiano.php Tobiano test] from Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. Web Site accessed January 13, 2008
- [http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/coatcolorhorse.php "Horse coat color tests"] from Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. Web Site accessed January 12, 2008
- [http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/coatcolor.php "Introduction to Coat Color Genetics"] from Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. Web Site accessed January 12, 2008
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