Coat Colour in Horses

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In this review various kinds of coat colour of horse were studied. Horse coat colour is called as don in Turkish. Don has always been a topic of interest not only to owners and breeders but also to scientist. Don is one of the first main factors of determining a horse. Horse coat colour can be primary factor to possess a horse by horse owners or breeders, although coat colour of horses has little to do its performance. All other things being equal, most horse fancier would naturally tend to choose a horse of a colour that attracts to them. When more and more horses are valued for primarily aesthetic rather than utilitarian aim, there is a great deal of interest in defining and breeding for colour. Hence this review was prepared.

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Horse , coat colour inheritance , phenotypic trait , melanin , gene.

Journal Of Agricultural Faculty Of Gaziosmanpasa University

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Journal Of Agricultural Faculty Of Gaziosmanpasa University