This message is from: "Anneli Sundkvist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mike wrote: >>But how does one actually prove that without very expensive DNA testing for >>color genes?>> One looks at the horse, the pedigree and the foals. This means that a horse sometimes has to have it's registred colour changed. It happend not long ago here with a SWB stallion, Bernstein, who was registred as bay. His foals showed that he was actually a buckskin. It also means that it may take some generations of horses before we know what genes our horses really carry (and we will never know for a 100%). But in the long run it will make it much easier to preserve all the present fjord colours. By the turn of the last century there were fjords of many colours that we don't see today. I think it would be regretful if in a 100 years there would only be light brown dun fjords and some scattered red or grey duns that pop up every third generation or so. Does anyone know if there has been much discussions about the colours in Norway? Regards Anneli --------------------------------------- Anneli Sundkvist Department of Archaeology & Ancient History Uppsala University St. Eriks Torg 5 S-753 10 Uppsala Sweden Phone: +46-18-471282 (dept.) +46-18-553627 (home)
