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PIEBALD [4 records]

Record 1 2016-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

A horse whose coat consists of large irregular and clearly defined patches white and black hairs.

CONT

Piebald: black and white, with white generally predominant, and considered the ground colour.

CONT

A black and white pinto is a Piebald, and white with any other color (as in bay, chestnut, etc.) is a Skewbald.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Cheval à la robe blanche avec des plaques noires.

OBS

Cheval pie, noir et blanc, dont la couleur de fond (qui domine) est le blanc.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
OBS

General vitreousness, not less than 40%. Presence of yellow and yellow-sided grain is allowed only in a quantity which does not affect the basic red colour of wheat and gives a mottled appearance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
OBS

La vitrosité générale doit être d'au moins 40%. La présence de grains jaunes et à bandes jaunes n'est permise qu'en quantités qui n'altèrent pas la couleur rouge d'ensemble du blé et lui donnent un aspect moucheté.

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales

Spanish

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