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in colour, the colouration resulting from a mixture of black and white hairs with neither colour predominant; a proportion of calves born were black or white coloured although they were ineligible for registration.
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1575:Aylesbury
1527:Orpington
1233:Berkshire
1144:Hebridean
1127:Primitive
1093:Teeswater
1088:Swaledale
1078:Southdown
1008:Llanwenog
928:Dalesbred
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1595:Shetland
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1532:Rosecomb
1459:Chickens
1399:Bilberry
1283:Tamworth
1068:Shetland
1043:Portland
983:Herdwick
958:Easycare
923:Cotswold
817:Alderney
763:Shetland
758:Red Poll
753:Pembroke
697:Guernsey
687:Ayrshire
639:Highland
634:Hereford
629:Galloway
256:friesian
171:and for
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1482:Ixworth
1477:Dorking
1447:Poultry
1303:Extinct
1174:Extinct
1134:Boreray
1083:Suffolk
1058:Ryeland
1003:Lincoln
913:Cheviot
809:Extinct
198:History
177:extinct
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1552:Sussex
1492:Legbar
1226:Extant
1048:Romney
1023:Masham
968:Galway
856:Extant
794:Vaynol
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702:Jersey
664:Sussex
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574:Cattle
518:Albion
503:5 June
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157:cattle
129:Cattle
109:Traits
75:Albion
1615:Geese
1562:Ducks
1424:Pygmy
1419:Irish
1394:Bagot
1374:Goats
1321:Grice
1288:Welsh
1253:Essex
1149:Jacob
1013:Lleyn
845:Sheep
707:Kerry
649:Luing
614:Devon
153:breed
33:circa
1215:Pigs
1164:Soay
1018:Lonk
505:2013
476:ISSN
445:ISBN
418:ISBN
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290:ISBN
254:and
173:milk
169:beef
147:The
114:Coat
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35:1968
210:of
155:of
101:Use
43:FAO
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