Which Sau breeds come in Hvit?

Club breed standards describe Hvit for the Dorper, Hampshire, Katahdin, Leicester Longwool, Lincoln, Merino, Østfrisisk, Romney, St. Croix, Suffolk og Wensleydale.

Sau color

Hvit

White hair, feathers, skin, horn or shell. A white coat can still have dark eyes and dark skin; compare albino and leucistic.

28 Sau breeds list Hvit. It is in a club standard for 12 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Hvit

Breed	DORPER SA	HAMPSHIRE DSBA	KHSI	LLSBA US	LINCOLN LLSBA	MERINO SA	LSZV MV	AMERICAN ROMNEY	SCHSB	SCHSIA	USSA	WLSBA
DorperSvarthodet	Standard (“A white sheep with black confined to the head and neck”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
DorperHvit	Standard (“A white sheep”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Hampshire	No ruling	Standard (“White in colour”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Katahdin	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“any color or pattern”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Leicester Longwool	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“clean and white”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Lincoln	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“white wool”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Merino	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“white to slightly cream-coloured”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Østfrisisk	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“einheitlich weiß”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Romney	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“white”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
St. Croix	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“usually white”)	Standard (“white hair sheep”)	No ruling	No ruling
Suffolk	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“clean white fleeces”)	No ruling
Wensleydale	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“white”)

Breeds where Hvit is a fault

Breed	BBSAI	DORPER SA	ASBA SOUTHDOWN
Barbados BlackbellyHover	Feil (“White hooves or hooves with white marks”)	No ruling	No ruling
DorperSvarthodet · Hover	No ruling	Feil (“white hoofs are undesirable”)	No ruling
SouthdownHover	No ruling	No ruling	Feil (“Total white hooves are discriminated against”)

Breeds where Hvit is disqualified or not accepted

Breed
Awassi
Cormo
Cotswold
Dorper
DorperHover
Dorset
Lacaune
ØstfrisiskHover
Rambouillet
Shropshire
Southdown
Texel
TexelHvit

Color changes

How Hvit can appear or change over an animal's life.

Hvitchanges toFlekket
Pels · Progressiv
Svartchanges toHvit
Pels · Med kroppstilstanden · can change back

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