Piebald is a term that refers to a specific canine coat pattern. Like harlequin, ticked, spotted, and more, piebald is a specific coat coloring featuring white — generally asymmetrical — spotting throughout the body. Many breeds carry the piebald gene. 25 авг. 2021 г.
What is a piebald coat on a dog?
A piebald or pied animal is one that has a pattern of unpigmented spots (white) on a pigmented background of hair, feathers or scales. Thus a piebald black and white dog is a black dog with white spots. The animal's skin under the white background is not pigmented.
What's the difference between piebald and merle?
The merle gene dilutes random sections of the coat to a lighter colour (usually grey in a black-pigmented dog), leaving patches of the original colour remaining. The patches can be any size and can be located anywhere on the dog, unlike the patches on a piebald dog (which are generally confined to the body and head).
Why is it called a piebald?
The pie of piebald (pie is another name for a magpie) derives from pica, which is Latin for "magpie." The other part of piebald comes from the word bald, which can mean "marked with white"; it can also be found in skewbald, an adjective used to describe animals marked with patches of white and any other color but black ...
What are piebald markings?
A dog with piebald markings is mostly white with spots of color. These spots are random and asymmetric. The head is usually marked with spots of dark color or completely colored. Depending on genetics, the spots on the body could be large or small, numerous or only a single dark spot.
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