Down hairs: The shortest hair on the cat, soft and downy.
Dysplasia: Abnormal development of a part of the cats body.
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Down Hairs - The down hairs are the shortest, finest & closest to the skin. Their purpose is to keep the cat warm.
DLH - Domestic Longhair (long haired mixed breed cat).
Down Hairs: The fine, fluffy hairs that are closest to the skin of the animal and comprise the undercoat.
Awn Hairs: The hairs that are longer than the down hairs and shorter than the guard hairs that help protect the down ...
DOWN HAIRS - Soft, crimped, secondary hairs.
EAR FURNISHINGS - Growth of hair extending horizontally from the ear.
While many cats have three distinct hair types in their coat, guard hairs, awn hairs and down hairs, the Turkish Van only has one. This makes their coat feel like cashmere or rabbit fur, and the coat dries quickly when wet.
The cat's coat comprises three hair types: guard hairs, awn hairs and down hairs. The long, stiff guard hairs form the coat's outermost layer, keeping the cat dry and warm.
Cats with no undercoat (down hairs) are common and not specific to the York Chocolate and the cat allergy is caused by a protein in the saliva of the cat (an allergen) that is licked onto the top coat (guard hairs).
Longhaired cats have very long guard hairs (up to 12.5cms) coupled with plentiful long down hairs making the coat extremely full and dense.
Coat Type, Color & Grooming: A slight "peach-fuzz" (down hairs) may be present. The color and pattern is visible on the skin itself. Some Sphynx variants have short fur on the face, legs and tail.
Secondary hairs: fine hairs, including awn and down hairs that form the cat's undercoat
Self (solid): having a coat of a uniform color
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The short coat has almost no guard hairs at all and is mostly made up of the undercoat of down hairs. Like the Cornish Rex, the Devon has the characteristic Rex 'Marcel Wave', and the fur forms ripples and waves, particularly on the back.
Undercoat: The layer of the coat comprised of down hairs.
Undercolor: A term referring to the color of the hair closest to the skin.
to this harsh climate by developing, not a long furry coat, but a short, thick, seal-like one. It is, in fact, a double coat, there being an outer coat of remarkably strong guard hairs and an inner coat of unusually water-resistant down hairs.
 See also: Guard hairs, Awn hairs, Wedge, Recessive, CFA
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