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Last Updated: May 09, 2012

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Type- a standard that combines all of the animals characteristics that contributes to the animals usefulness for a specific purpose.

There are two characteristics to look at when deciding type: 

  •  The physical conformation of an animal.
  • All those physical attributes that contribute to the value of an animal for a specific purpose.

To look at physical conformation the animal needs to be evaluated for:

  • length, height, thickness, and general symmetry

     

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