Cameo: A type of cat color that has a be base with red on the outer part of the hair shaft.

Booster vaccination: A follow-up Injection that is periodically Cat Pink the primary injection to continue immunity to a disease. Chromosomes: Cell Pink that control inherited characteristics. AOC (Any Other Color): Not grow accepted color or pattern in a certain breed of cat.

Agouti: Cat color that results from each individual hair follicle back contrasting bands of color. Chestnut: very warm brown color of cat.

• Anestrus: Female cat still not in heat.
• Cross: Mating or breeding one cat Pink Cat another.
• Best in Show: Most points and Cat of a championship.
• Down hairs: The shortest hair on under cat, soft and downy.
• Chinchilla: Cat that is at the base with a small amount of darker color on the tips.

Dilute: A paler of a primary color. Breed: Cats sharing common ancestors similar physical characteristics. Break: Indentation on the bridge of nose occurring between or near to the point between the eyes. DNA: Chemical substance makes up chromosomes. Conformation: Structure of cat's body, legs and tail.

Benching cage: Show hall cage where a cat is and displayed when it is not being judged. Cobby: Short body, heavy boned and low on the legs. Coarse: A cat not refined or in conformation.

Cherry eye: Prolapsed gland of the eyelid. Congenital: Imperfection existing at that is not acquired genetically. Blaze: Stripe or splash white on the cat's forehead or nose. Checkerboard is the used when this pattern is reversed on the cat's chin. Cardiomyopathy: Genetically linked defect that causes heart failure.

• Dominant: The prevailing gene member a gene pair.
• Blue-cream lynx point: Colorpoints that are a mixture of blue and with an undercoat tabby pattern.

Best of Breed: A cat, which in the judge's opinion, comes closest to meeting the standard among all other competing cats of that breed. Breed ribbon: An award for Best Breed in each ring. Persian or Manx Colitis: Inflammation the large intestine.

Carnivore: Animal primarily meat. Eclampsia: Disease can appear late pregnancy or shortly after giving birth.

The Abyssinian, example, is an allowable outcross for the Somali. Afterbirth: Expelled after the delivery of each newborn this matter consists of fluids and membranes that surround kittens in the uterus. Brindling: Different colored hairs a coat. Cream: Diluted version of red and that appears as pale beige color.

Demodex: mite that can cause mange. Declawed: Surgically claws. Catnip: (nepeta A plant of the mint family and acts as a hallucinogen to cats.

• Doming: The part of the head between the ears.
• Allergy: A reaction from exposure to a certain allergen.
• Acute disease: A rapidly illness.