Berkshire, Blazed
Blazed buck owned by Kristine Wickstrom, copyright Kristine Wickstrom
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| Other names: | Badger |
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| Genetics: | Many potential genotypes - common types are H/h or similar plus modifiers (normal h-locus Berkshire with modifiers to produce a facial marking). This type of blazed is often called English marked, and for lines with no imported rats this will be the genotype, and not at risk of any illnesses related to white spotting. Other blazed lines can be rats with the "chinchilla"/american husky/aurora white spotting gene (H/H S/s). This is more common in the US and lines tracing white spotting back to imports in the UK. |
| Description: | As much of the underside of the rat as possible to be white, including belly, chest, throat and underside of the legs, the white not to extend up the sides of the body. Back feet to be white to the ankle, forelegs to be white to the elbow. Tail to be white to half its length. The body colour shall conform to a recognised colour variety. The white area shall be pure and devoid of any colour or staining. The defining feature of this variety is the blaze. This is to be a wedge shaped symmetrical blaze of white starting at the nose and extending up the face to the forehead. The blaze to cover the whisker bed and taper to a fine point midway between the eyes and the ears. Markings not to extend onto the cheeks or the eyes. |
| Status: | This marking is standardised in the UK with the name Badger |