Breeding of white raccoon dog

White raccoon dog and its characteristics

Raccoon dogs in nature have always been blue-brown, and this common color type is genetically called wild type. In 1974, Harbin Zoo in Heilongjiang Province acquired a rare male raccoon dog (eyes and snout are light pink). In 1980, white raccoon dog or white raccoon dog with yellow brown or light blue eyes and black snout was successively found in the population of@#@252@#@in three northeastern provinces. These special color types different from wild type fur color were called mutant types. The Institute of Specialty of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences has successfully cultivated the new color type of white raccoon dog in China after nearly 10 years of research by using these valuable mutant genes.

There are two new color types of white raccoon dog in China: one is white except for the eye socket, ear edge, nose tip, claw and tail tip. The other is that the needle hair and villi of all parts of the body are white. The fur color of the two species is attractive, the body shape is not significantly different from the common raccoon dog, and the behavior is more docile than the common raccoon dog.

Hereditary Characteristics of Hair Color of Raccoon Dog

A great deal of researches showed that the genetic gene of raccoon dog white hair was dominant gene, and its corresponding wild type genetic gene was recessive gene, but the dominant gene of raccoon dog white hair had homozygous lethal effect, so all raccoon dogs were heterozygotes.

Selection of White Raccoon Dog

China's current white raccoon dog type hair color has been very stable, that is, white hair part regardless of needle hair, fluff all white, no other variegated (such as needle hair white and fluff not white or part of the body is not white, etc.) Therefore, the selection of white raccoon dogs should focus on coat color, coat quality and body shape, especially male raccoon dogs.

White raccoon dog should be mated with wild type raccoon dog instead of white raccoon dog. White raccoon dog generally has the disadvantage of thick and long needle hair, and the selected wild raccoon dog had better have short and dense needle hair to correct the disadvantage of white raccoon dog.