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British White
Cattle Society
Recommended Standards |
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Description
from UK BWCS herdbook volume 59 |
Points |
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Character |
The British White is a naturally polled, large and
hardy native breed exhibiting the dual characteristics of beef and milking
ability. |
20 |
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Colour |
Must be white with black or red points, viz. Nose,
muzzle, pigment round the eyes, ears, teats of cows or rudimentary teats of
bulls, hooves and splash or spots of colour on the front of each fetlock.
The skin showing dark pigmentation. |
25 |
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Head |
Free from slugs or rudimentary horns. It should be of a
fair length from eyes to muzzle, which should be broad. The heads of bulls
should be masculine in character and of cows, fine and feminine. |
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Body
Conformation |
Animals should be functional and free moving on sound
feet, with a long level top line, not rising at the root of the tail, broad
and expanding over loins to hips, pin bones well apart especially in the
bulls. The shoulders gently sloping and well set in, the ribs well sprung.
The underline should be level. The hindquarters long from hook to pin,
buttocks being well fleshed down to the hocks, which when viewed from the
back, should be straight, turning neither inwards or outwards. |
50 |
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Udder |
Level, well developed but not pendulous, the teats of
moderate size, set evenly and pointing to the ground. It is important that
the rudimentary teats of bulls should be wide set and developed. |
5 |
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Skin |
Should be fine and handle well |
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Total |
100 |
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