Allowable outcross: A cat that is allowed by a cat registry to be mated to another breed of cat in order to produce a kitten with certain favorable characteristics. The Abyssinian, for example, is an allowable outcross for the Somali.
Allowable Outcrosses
Abyssinian
COAT COLOR: warm and glowing. Ticking: distinct and even, with dark colored bands contrasting with lighter colored bands on the hair shafts. Undercoat color clear and bright to the skin.
The allowable outcrosses are the Siamese, OSH (Oriental Short Hair) another Peterbald (and the Donskoy, but no PD breeder would use a Donskoy as that is going backwards)1.
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Since they come from the result of allowable outcross breeds between recognized breeds, the Traditional Ocicat and the Traditional Tabby Ocicat (AKA Jungala) can be mated together with the resulting kittens being registered as the "selected breed".
Since 1987, the only allowable outcross breed has been the Persian. The F.I.Fe. recognized the Exotic Shorthair in 1986.
The Rex gene is recessive, so when a Tasman Manx is mated to a Manx (or other allowable outcross), straight-coated kittens will carry the gene for curly coat. These kittens are registered as Tasman Manx Variants or Tailed Tasman Manx Variants.
During the breeding program, crosses were also made with the Russian Blue and the Burmese. Since 1987, the only allowable outcross breed is the Persian. The F.I.Fe. recognized the Exotic Shorthair in 1986.
for the Singapura may still be changed from natural breed to hybrid, if only to allow for outcrossing in oder to improve the health and vigor of the breed. As it stands, because the Singapura is designated as natural, there are no allowable ...
As the breed began to gain in popularity, and as the gene pool grew larger, the CFA began limiting the outcrosses. In 1987 the CFA closed the Exotic to shorthair outcrosses altogether, leaving the Persian as the CFA?s only allowable outcross.
Sphynx were at one time crossbred with Devon Rex in an attempt to strengthen this gene, but unfortunately this led to serious dental or nervous-system problems and is now forbidden in most breed standards associations. The only allowable outcross ...
In 1987, the CFA closed the exotic to shorthair outcrosses altogether, leaving the Persian as the only allowable outcross.
breed only fold-ear to straight-ear to guard against this problem. Be concerned about any breeders who are breeding fold-ear to fold-ear. Scottish Folds may still use British ShorScottish Foldrs and American ShorScottish Foldrs as allowable ...
 See also: Outcross, CFA, Champion, TICA, Recessive
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