На англ.http://fci.be/circulaires/4-2012.pdfCircular: 4/2012
09/01/2012
BREEDS AND BREED VARIETIES: CROSSES
Following the decisions of the 2011 FCI General Assembly in Paris, please find ATTACHED the new
FCI general and breed specific Guidelines about crosses of breeds and breed varieties which are in
force since 01.01.2012.
We draw your attention to the fact that these guidelines
1) do not affect, in any way, the existing CACIB distribution,
2) supersede the circular 36/1973 and the decisions of the FCI General Assembly in Acapulco,
1984.
Please note that the circular 83/2000 dated 22/11/2000 ENCLOSED remains valid.
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http://fci.be/circulaires/83-2000.pdfCircular: 83/2000
22/11/2000
BREED INTERBREEDING
The F.C.I. General Committee which met in October 2000 approved the following statement from the F.C.I. Breeding Commission :
« Where required for physical and/or mental health, breeds may be interbred under control of the respective national governing organisation. It is made clear that such activities are to be strictly controlled by the respective kennel clubs and should be permitted only if there is an urgent requirement to either correct severe health and/or temperament deficiencies in a breed which could not be corrected otherwise by selected breeding or appropriate breeding programs. »
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http://fci.be/circulaires/4-2012-annex.pdfThe FCI encourages crosses between breed varieties in order to increase the gene pool and
improve dog health: it is not beneficial for health in dog breeding to have too small populations.
This recommendation
- supersedes the circular 36/1973 dated 17/10/1973 and the decisions of the FCI General
Assembly in 1984 (Acapulco)
- does not affect, in any way, the existing CACIB distribution.
2) Guidelines to carry out crosses between breed varieties can only be worked out in co-operation
with the COUNTRY OF ORIGIN and the APPLYING COUNTRY under the supervision of the FCI
Scientific & Breeding Commissions.
3) SOME GENERAL AND BREED SPECIFIC PRINCIPLES
In general it should be possible to cross CLOSELY RELATED BREEDS or BREED VARIETIES in order to
avoid or reduce health problems or problems caused by unhealthy construction. However please
note:
SIZE: Only breed to nearest variety in size – or risk of whelping problems.
LONG COAT: Long coat to long coat will always give long coat (as a single recessive gene).
COLOUR: Never breed Merle to Merle – ? will be homozygote for lethal/health defects, such as
deafness.
BERGER BELGE (15): Avoid breeding long-coated to wire-coated – or risk of untypical coat texture.
CANICHE (172): Avoid breeding grey (silver) to apricot or red – or risk of untypical colours.
DACHSHUND (148): Avoid breeding long-coated to wire-coated – or risk of untypical coat texture.
DEUTSCHE DOGGE (235): Never breed harlequin to harlequin – ? will be homozygote for lethal
defects.
DEUTSCHE DOGGE (235): Avoid breeding harlequin to any other colour than black. Harlequin is black
with excessive white caused by harlequin and Merle genes.
DEUTSCHE DOGGE (235): Avoid breeding blue to other colours than blue & black. Blue is diluted black
caused by a recessive allele that dilutes also the colours of nose and eye.
DEUTSCHER SPITZ (97): Only breed grey to grey.
DEUTSCHER SPITZ (97): Avoid breeding brown to any other colour than black. Causes untypical brown
or Dudley nose in other colours.
HOLLANDSE HERDERSHOND (223): Avoid breeding long-coated to wire-coated – or risk of untypical
coat texture.
ZWERGSCHNAUZER (183): Avoid breeding pepper&salt to black&silver in order to preserve the
recessive black&silver colour in the breed.
SCHWEIZER LAUF- UND NIEDERLAUFHUND, Typ Schwyzer (59/60): Only breed white/red to
white/red.
LIST OF BREED VARIETIES THAT CAN BE CROSSED =>
http://fci.be/circulaires/4-2012-annex.pdfLIST OF BREEDS THAT CAN BE CROSSED:
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81 GRIFFON BELGE
80 GRIFFON BRUXELLOIS
82 PETIT BRABANCON
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11 BULL TERRIER
359 MINIATURE BULL TERRIER
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On the occasion of its meeting in Paris, July 2011, the FCI General Assembly approved the following
change in the FCI Breeds Nomenclature concerning the Bull Terrier (11):
As from 01.01.2012 the Miniature Bull Terrier variety will be a breed of its own.
Please note that, in future, the two breeds - Bull Terrier (11) and Miniature Bull Terrier (359) -
1) are eligible for their own CACIB
2) can be crossed (according to the decision made by the FCI General Assembly in Paris, July
2011)
ENCLOSED please find the English original text of the two new standards.