Which Ovca breeds come in Bela?

Club breed standards describe Bela for the Dorper, Hampshire, Katahdin, Leicesterska dolgodlaka ovca, Lincoln, Merino, Romney, St. Croix, Suffolk, Vzhodnofrizijska ovca in Wensleydale.

Ovca color

Bela

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

28 Ovca breeds list Bela. It is in a club standard for 12 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Bela

Breed	DORPER SA	HAMPSHIRE DSBA	KHSI	LLSBA US	LINCOLN LLSBA	MERINO SA	AMERICAN ROMNEY	SCHSB	SCHSIA	USSA	LSZV MV	WLSBA
DorperČrnoglava	Po standardu (“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
DorperBela	Po standardu (“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	Po standardu (“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	Po standardu (“any color or pattern”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Leicesterska dolgodlaka ovca	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“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	Po standardu (“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	Po standardu (“white to slightly cream-coloured”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Romney	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“white”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
St. Croix	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“usually white”)	Po standardu (“white hair sheep”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Suffolk	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“clean white fleeces”)	No ruling	No ruling
Vzhodnofrizijska ovca	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“einheitlich weiß”)	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	Po standardu (“white”)

Breeds where Bela is a fault

Breed	BBSAI	DORPER SA	ASBA SOUTHDOWN
Barbadoška črnotrebušna ovcaKopita	Napaka (“White hooves or hooves with white marks”)	No ruling	No ruling
DorperČrnoglava · Kopita	No ruling	Napaka (“white hoofs are undesirable”)	No ruling
SouthdownKopita	No ruling	No ruling	Napaka (“Total white hooves are discriminated against”)

Breeds where Bela is disqualified or not accepted

Breed
Awassi
Cormo
Cotswold
Dorper
DorperKopita
Dorset
Lacaune
Rambouillet
Shropshire
Southdown
Texel
TexelBela
Vzhodnofrizijska ovcaKopita

Color changes

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

Belachanges toPikasta
Dlaka · Postopna
Črnachanges toBela
Dlaka · S telesnim stanjem · can change back

See all Ovca colors, patterns and markings