Cornish Rex Variants which have within the preceding five generations only Cornish Rex, Cornish Rex Variants, Abyssinian, Asian Shorthair, British Shorthair, Burmese, Ocicat, Oriental Shorthair, Russian Blue, Siamese or Tonkinese shall be registered on the Reference Register with a Cornish Rex Variant breed number. In addition, American Shorthair and European Shorthair are permitted in the pedigrees of imported cats.
Cornish Rex and Cornish Rex variants which have within the preceding five generations any non-approved breeds, including non-pedigree cats, shall be registered on the Reference Register as normal or rex coated of Cornish type.
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Devon Rex cats. Physical examination revealed erythematous, occasionally crusted papules, with a bilaterally symmetrical linear distribution on the latero-ventral trunk in two cases and a diffuse distribution on the ventral thorax in the other three cats. One cat also had a greasy seborrhoea on the head and dorsum.
Pruritus and pigmented macules were present only in cats affected by secondary bacterial infection. Histological examination of papules in all cats and of the lesional skin of the cat affected by greasy seborrhoea revealed the presence of a perivascular to diffuse mastocytic and eosinophilic infiltrate in the dermis. The mean numbers of nondegranulated and degranulated mast cells per mm2 were 303.2 and 451.6, respectively. The condition waxed and waned in all cats,......
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The
Donskoy is a very intriguing, elegant, unique, inquisitive, soft-hearted and social cat. They are very active, extremely friendly, highly intelligent very loving and amiable. The Donskoy is very good-natured, gentle, easy to groom and handle. Their coats are warm and soft to the touch making then wonderful to hold and cuddle. They have a well balanced personality, show a lively interest in their surroundings, and enjoy making up & playing games.
Donskoy are extremely affectionate with a frisky nature and an irrepressible curiosity. They are very social and are under the impression that anyone entering the home is there to see them
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California Spangled HistoryUpon his return from Tanzania, Paul Casey, a Hollywood scriptwriter, was inspired to create a small "house-leopard", a cat that resembled the wild, spotted African Cats, similar to leopards in appearance, but gentle . . . as a lamb. In order to reach this goal, a long breeding and selection program started in the 1970s, crossing several breeds, including: Siamese, British Shorthairs, American Shorthairs, Manx, Abyssinians, and a line of Egyptian and Asian street cats. It took eleven generations before type was fixed. The breed was formally introduced in 1986. The
California Spangled is so named because it was born....
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Australian Mist The Hunter CatsThe
Australian Mist is a well-balanced, gently contoured cat of moderate foreign type, with no tendency to extremes in any characteristic. Both males and females have an open, generous expression. The males may be slightly larger than the females with facial characteristics and musculature more developed. Muscle development, coat and eye colour achieve adult expression by two years of age....
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The
Egyptian Mau is the only spotted domestic cat that developed naturally, without deliberate hybridization between domestic breeds or domestic and wild feline species. Maus evolved from small African wild cats thousands of years ago as cats and humans became increasingly interdependent and cats played an integral, necessary part in the Nile agricultural ecosystem. The hallmark of the
Egyptian Mau, retained from its ancient wild ancestry, is the dramatic, eye-catching spotted tabby pattern.
It is generally accepted that the spotted pattern occurs because of the presence of a dominant pattern modifier gene......
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