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Oriental
Bicolours
GCCF Registration Policy
for Oriental
Shorthairs other than the Foreign White
This registration policy applies to all Oriental Shorthair breeds which at present have Full, Provisional or Preliminary recognition with the exception of the Foreign White (Breed 35). It shall also apply to any other breeds/colours of Oriental Shorthair which may be produced by a combination of the colour genes already recognized in Oriental Shorthairs.
Breeds Permitted in the Pedigrees of Oriental Shorthairs.
A. ORIENTAL SHORTHAIRS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FOREIGN
WHITE
Oriental Shorthairs are recognized in the following
colours: black (brown) (no suffix), blue (a), chocolate (b), lilac (c), red
(d), black tortie (e), cream (f), apricot (fn), blue tortie (g), chocolate
tortie (h), lilac tortie (j), cinnamon (k), cinnamon tortie (m), caramel (n),
caramel tortie (p), fawn (r) and fawn tortie (y) and the silver versions of all
of these, thus producing the following breeds:
A.i. Solid Division:
Havana (29), Oriental Lilac (29c),
Oriental Black (37), Oriental Blue (37a), Oriental Red (37d), Oriental Cream
(37f), Oriental Apricot (37fn), Oriental Tortie (37e,g,h,j,m,p,y), Oriental
Cinnamon (37k), Oriental Caramel (37n), Oriental Fawn (37r).
A.ii. Smoke Division:
Oriental Smoke (42, all colours)
A.iii. Standard Tabby Division:
Oriental Spotted Tabby
(38, standard colours), Oriental Classic Tabby (41, standard colours), Oriental
Mackerel Tabby (44, standard colours), Oriental Ticked Tabby (45, standard
colors).
A.iv. Silver Tabby Division:
Oriental Spotted Tabby
(38, silver colours), Oriental Classic Tabby (41, silver colours), Oriental
Mackerel Tabby (44, silver colours), Oriental Ticked Tabby (45, silver
colours).
A.v. Shaded Division:
All colours of Oriental Shaded
(43, both standard and silver colours)
B. UNRECOGNISED ORIENTAL SHORTHAIRS
Breeds
which are not yet recognised at Preliminary level but which are produced by a
combination of the colour genes already recognised in Oriental Shorthairs are
accepted in the pedigrees of Oriental Shorthairs. If recognised, these would be
placed in the appropriate division. (NB Any breeds displaying white spotting,
white gloving or the gene for Burmese colour restriction are excluded.)
C. SIAMESE
Siamese (breeds 24, 24a, 24b, 24c,
24k, 24n, 24r, 32, 32a, 32b, 32c, 32fn) are accepted in the pedigrees of
Oriental Shorthairs.
D. SIAMESE OF UNRECOGNISED COLOURS
Pointed cats
of any of the Oriental Shorthair colours described in A or B above, but which
are not yet accepted as Siamese, are accepted in the pedigrees of Oriental
Shorthairs. e.g. Apricot Point, Silver Tabby Point, Shadow (Smoke) Point etc.
For the purposes of this document these cats will be described as Siamese.
Registration Policy
1. FULL REGISTER
Oriental Shorthairs, with the
exception of the Foreign White, with Full or Provisional recognition which have
in their pedigrees within five generations only Oriental Shorthairs of the same
division as listed in A.i. to A.v. above shall be registered on the Full
Register, with the exception of those cats whose pedigrees include within three
generations a cat with Preliminary recognition.
2. SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTER
Oriental Shorthairs,
with the exception of the Foreign White, with Full or Provisional recognition
which have in their pedigrees within five generations only Oriental Shorthairs
or Siamese as listed in A, B, C or D above shall be registered on the
Supplementary Register.
3. EXPERIMENTAL REGISTER
Oriental Shorthairs
with Preliminary recognition which have in their pedigrees within five
generations only Oriental Shorthairs or Siamese as listed in A, B, C or D above
shall be registered on the Experimental Register.
4. REFERENCE REGISTER - I
Oriental Shorthairs of
breeds, such as those listed in B above, which do not yet have Preliminary
recognition but which have in their pedigrees within five generations only
Oriental Shorthairs or Siamese as listed in A, B, C or D above shall be
registered on the Reference Register but shall be eligible to be considered as
registered on the Experimental Register in the event of Preliminary recognition
of their breed.
5. REFERENCE REGISTER - II
All cats of Oriental
Shorthair appearance which have in their pedigrees within five generations any
breeds other than the Oriental Shorthairs and Siamese as listed in A, B, C or D
above shall be registered on the Reference Register.
N.B. This ruling shall take effect from 26th April 1989 and shall not be retrospective. All suitable offspring of two Full Register parents of the same division (A i to A v) shall themselves be registered on the Full Register. All suitable offspring of two Supplementary or Experimental Register parents, or from one Full Register and one Supplementary or Experimental Register parent, shall be registered on the Supplementary or Experimental Register as appropriate. From 26th April 1989 any kittens born from parents of any breed not listed in groups A, B, C or D above shall be registered on the Reference Register, and so shall their suitable offspring for the required number of generations.
NOTE: All Red, Cream or Apricot Orientals with one or more Tabby Point, Oriental Tabby or Oriental Shaded parents must be registered as Red, Cream or Apricot Oriental Tabbies or Shadeds until proved otherwise. They may not be registered as Oriental Selfs or Oriental Smokes until test matings have proved them to be free of the agouti gene.
In the case of cats imported onto the GCCF register, no cat with a Tabby
Point, Oriental Tabby or Oriental Shaded within five generations may be
registered as a Red, Cream or Apricot Self or Smoke unless either
a. the
cat has been proved by test matings to be non-agouti, or
b. there is a
non-red, non-agouti cat breaking the line descending from the Tabby
Point/Oriental Tabby/Shaded, or
c. a Red, Cream or Apricot cat in the line
descended from the Tabby Point/Oriental Tabby/Shaded has been proved by test
matings to be non-agouti. and
d. no cat may be registered as a Red, Cream or
Apricot Oriental Tabby or Shaded unless it has an agouti parent.
Amended 23.10.96 with the recognition of Apricot as an
Oriental colour.
Amended 21.2.01 by addition of Apricot Point to C and note
re imports.
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GCCF Registration Policy for Oriental Bicolour
Cats
Agreed/effective 22 February
2006
This registration policy applies to all colours and patterns of
Oriental Bicolour which are recognised at present. It shall also apply to any
other colours of Oriental Bicolour which may be produced by a combination of
the colour genes already recognised in Oriental Bicolours.
When
breeding Oriental Bicolours every attempt should be made to select healthy cats
to breed from, free from known hereditary diseases.
If a cat is known
to have possessed the gene for Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), its progeny
should be screened for PKD, either under the FAB/PKD scheme or by a reliable
genetic test, before being used for breeding Oriental Bicolours.
If
practical and reliable genetic tests become available for Hepatic and/or Renal
Amyloidosis, cats should be screened for this before being used for breeding
Oriental Bicolours in order to be aware of the extent of the problem.
If any hereditary disease, for which a practical and reliable test is
available, becomes prevalent in Oriental Bicolours, this Registration Policy
may be amended to require testing for that particular disease before progeny
may be registered on the Active Register, untested cats being registered on the
Genetic register.
Breeds Permitted in the Pedigrees of Oriental
Bicolours
A. Oriental Bicolours in all colours and patterns,
full colour and pointed, and in both coat lengths. Cats with at least one
Oriental Bicolour parent but showing more or less white than required by the
standard shall be registered as Oriental Bicolours. Cats displaying some white
spotting but which do not have an Oriental Bicolour parent may not be
registered as Oriental Bicolours.
B. The progeny of Oriental
Bicolours which do not display white spotting. These cats will be registered on
the Reference Register as the appropriate colour SH of Oriental type, LH of
Oriental type, Siamese type or Balinese type, and may only be used for breeding
Oriental Bicolours. They may not be used for breeding non-Bicolour Orientals,
Siamese or Balinese.
C. Oriental SHs, Oriental LHs, Oriental LH
Variants, Siamese, Balinese and Balinese Variants in all colours, including
those colours not yet recognised. e.g. Smoke Point, Silver Tabby Point.
NB. Matings between Oriental Bicolours and Foreign Whites, White
Oriental LHs or White Oriental LH Variants are not permitted. The production of
kittens which have both the dominant white gene and the white spotting gene is
not to be encouraged since there may be an increased risk of deafness. Progeny
of any such matings will be placed on the Reference Register, with no
progression. Foreign Whites, White Oriental LHs and White Oriental LH Variants
are, however, permitted in the pedigrees of the cats used in the breeding
programme and may therefore appear in the pedigrees of Oriental Bicolours
within the preceding five generations.
The pedigrees of imported cats
may contain the progeny of Oriental Bicolour x White matings within the
preceding five generations: provided that the imported cat itself is not White,
and that neither of its parents is White, it may be registered on the
appropriate register as an Oriental Bicolour.
REGISTRATION
POLICY
In order to be registered as an Oriental Bicolour, a cat
must have at least one Bicolour parent.
1. FULL REGISTER
Oriental Bicolours with Full or Provisional recognition which have in their
pedigrees within the preceding five generations only Oriental Bicolours, the
non-Bicolour progeny of Oriental Bicolours, Oriental SHs, Oriental LHs,
Oriental LH Variants, Siamese, Balinese and Balinese Variants (as listed in A,
B and C above) will be registered on the Full Register, with the exception of
those cats whose pedigrees include within three generations a cat registered on
the Experimental or Reference Register and with the exception of the progeny of
crosses between Oriental Bicolours and Foreign Whites, White Oriental LHs or
White Oriental LH Variants.
2. SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTER
Oriental Bicolours with Full or Provisional recognition which have in their
pedigrees within the preceding five generations only Oriental Bicolours, the
non-Bicolour progeny of Oriental Bicolours, Oriental SHs, Oriental LHs,
Oriental LH Variants, Siamese, Balinese and Balinese Variants (as listed in A,
B and C above) will be registered on the Supplementary Register, with the
exception of the progeny of crosses between Oriental Bicolours and Foreign
Whites, White Oriental LHs or White Oriental LH Variants.
3.
EXPERIMENTAL REGISTER
Oriental Bicolours with Preliminary recognition
which have in their pedigrees within the preceding five generations only
Oriental Bicolours, the non-Bicolour progeny of Oriental Bicolours, Oriental
SHs, Oriental LHs, Oriental LH Variants, Siamese, Balinese and Balinese
Variants (as listed in A, B and C above) will be registered on the Experimental
Register, with the exception of the progeny of crosses between Oriental
Bicolours and Foreign Whites, White Oriental LHs or White Oriental LH Variants.
4. REFERENCE REGISTER I
The non-Bicolour progeny described
in B above which have in their pedigrees within the preceding five generations
only Oriental Bicolours, the non-Bicolour progeny of Oriental Bicolours,
Oriental SHs, Oriental LHs, Oriental LH Variants, Siamese, Balinese and
Balinese Variants (as listed in A, B and C above), with the exception of the
progeny of crosses between Oriental Bicolours and Foreign Whites, White
Oriental LHs or White Oriental LH Variants, shall be registered on the
Reference Register as the appropriate colour of SH of Oriental type, LH of
Oriental type, Siamese type or Balinese type.
Oriental Bicolours of
colours which do not yet have Preliminary recognition but which have in their
pedigrees within the preceding five generations only Oriental Bicolours, the
non-Bicolour progeny of Oriental Bicolours, Oriental SHs, Oriental LHs,
Oriental LH Variants, Siamese, Balinese and Balinese Variants (as listed in A,
B or C above) shall be registered on the Reference Register but shall be
eligible to be considered as registered on the Experimental Register in the
event of Preliminary recognition of their colour.
5. REFERENCE
REGISTER II
a. Progeny of matings between Oriental Bicolours and
Foreign Whites, White Oriental LHs or White Oriental LH Variants shall be
registered on the Reference Register as "no recognised breed" with no
progression. NB. Imported cats may have Bicolour progeny of Oriental Bicolour x
White matings in their pedigrees within the preceding five generations.
Provided that the imported cat is not itself White, and that neither of its
parents is White, it may be registered on the Supplementary or Experimental
Register if, in all other respects, it qualifies for this register. When
applying to register an Oriental Bicolour whose pedigree includes a Foreign
White, White Oriental LH or White Oriental LH Variant within the preceding five
generations, a copy of the pedigree must be enclosed.
b. Progeny of
matings between two non-Bicolour progeny of Oriental Bicolours (see B above)
shall be registered on the Reference Register as "no recognised breed" with no
progression.
c. Cats of Oriental Bicolour appearance produced from
matings to other recognised breeds whose Registration Policies permit Oriental
Bicolours as an outcross breed shall be registered as directed by the
Registration Policy for the other breed, but with no reference to Oriental
type, and shall not be permitted in the pedigrees of Oriental Bicolours.
d. All other cats of Oriental Bicolour appearance which have in
their pedigrees within the preceding five generations any breeds other than
those listed in A, B or C above shall be registered on the Reference Register
as "no recognised breed" and with no progression, unless accompanied by a
five-generation pedigree showing no gloved, Burmese/Tonkinese coloured, Bengal,
rex-coated or hair-deficient breeds, together with an explanation of the reason
for the outcross: this may be referred to the relevant BAC before progeny may
be registered as "SH of Oriental Bicolour type".
NOTE: All Red,
Cream or Apricot Oriental Bicolours with one or more Tabby Point, Tabby or
Shaded parent(s) must be registered as Red, Cream or Apricot Oriental Tabby or
Shaded Oriental Bicolours, or as Tabby or Shaded of Oriental etc type, until
proved otherwise. They may not be registered as Selfs or Smoke Oriental
Bicolours until test matings have proved them to be free of the agouti gene. No
cat may be registered as a Tabby or Shaded unless it has an agouti parent.
In the case of cats imported onto the GCCF register, no cat with a
Tabby Point, Tabby or Shaded within five generations may be registered as a
Red, Cream or Apricot Self or Smoke unless either
a. the cat has been
proved by test matings to be non-agouti, or
b. there is a non-red,
non-agouti cat breaking the line descending from the Tabby Point/Oriental
Tabby/Shaded, or
c. a Red, Cream or Apricot cat in the line descended from
the Tabby Point/Tabby/Shaded has been proved by test matings to be non-agouti.
DEAFNESS TESTING: Any blue-eyed, full coloured (i.e. not
pointed) Bicolour to be registered on the Active Register must first be proved,
by the BAER test, to have normal hearing. All other blue-eyed full colour
Bicolours must be registered on the Non-Active Register.
OVERSTAMPING: The shorthaired progeny of Longhaired Oriental
Bicolours, Oriental LHs and Balinese shall be overstamped "carries the LH gene"
and the shorthaired progeny in subsequent generations shall be overstamped "may
carry the LH gene".
NB. This ruling shall take effect from 22nd
February 2006 and shall not be retrospective. All suitable offspring of two
Reference Register parents shall be registered on the Experimental Register or
Reference Register as appropriate. From 22nd February 2006 any kittens born
from parents of any breed not listed in groups A, B OR C shall be registered as
defined above.
GCCF,
4-6 Penel Orlieu, Bridgwater, Somerset,TA6 3PG
Tel : 01278 427575
email :
info@gccfcats.org