Burmilla Breed Council
The FIFe Burmilla Breed Council was founded in 2006, with Ms Louise Mitchell as our secretary. The main purpose with Breed Councils are to serve FIFe in an advisory capacity on breed standards, breeding rules and health issues. The Breed Council is so channel opinions and suggestions from the individual FIFe breeder through the Breed Council Secretary.
The Burmilla Breed Council has a very healthy membership, with valuable members from many countries. We are proud of our achievements so far, which include:

• getting the code 31 approved as a colour code for Burmilla
• recognition of the Golden Burmilla.

2012: Members are presently discussing judging of shaded and shell, and the burmilla standard of points.

The Burmilla
The Burmilla originates from an accidental mating between a Burmese and a chinchilla in 1981. The kittens were striking in appearance and the efforts to establish Burmilla as a new breed began. FIFe recognised the Burmilla in 1995.

Appearance
Burmilla is a short-haired, medium-sized cat with elegant body type. Ground colour is pure silver-white or warm golden (also called non-silver), with tipping or shading. The coat is soft with a slight lift. The head has a slightly rounded top with medium width between ears. The eyes are large, luminous and expressive, outlined with the basic colour. Eye colour is any shade of green, or amber in some colour varieties.

The temperament
The Burmilla has features of both the Burmese and the Chinchilla. The playful nature of the Burmese, being quite active and mischievous, and the gentle and relaxed nature of the Chinchilla. Burmillas are very social, human-oriented and loves attention. Most burmillas enjoy the company of other cats and animals. The personality is outgoing and affectionate.

Standard
A breed in Category III, shorthair. For the complete standard, See Links & downloads

Colours and patterns
The Burmillas are divided in two groups, based on the colour of the shading (11) or tipping (12).

Group I, non-orange:
Black (n), blue (a), chocolate (b), lilac (c), cinnamon (o), fawn (p)
 
Group II, orange:
Red (d), cream (e), black tortie (f), blue tortie (g), chocolate tortie (h), lilac tortie (j), cinnamon tortie (q), fawn tortie (r)

These two sets of colours are either Full expression or Burmese pointed (31). Ground colour is always silver (s) or golden/non-silver (y).

Genetics
The Genetics of the Burmilla are relatively complex since the two founder breeds are entirely different, two recessive genes have to be eliminated and both Standard and Burmese colour expressions are involved.

From the Chinchilla, the Burmilla inherits the dominant Silver (I) and Agouti (A) genes and may show at birth either of the Tabby patterns inherent to that breed. On a Burmilla, such Tabby markings will gradually fade leaving a clear silver or golden shaded or Tipped coat. Any progeny not showing these characteristics is not accepted as Burmilla within FIFe.

It also inherits the Full-Colour gene (C) giving maximum pigmentation: Black for first generation Burmillas, full colour expression for subsequent homozygous or heterozygous generations.

The recessive longhair gene is carried by first generation Burmillas and may be passed on to later generations. Longhair burmillas are not recognized by FIFe at the moment.

From the Burmese, the Burmilla inherits the recessive Burmese gene (cb) which is carried by the first generation; kittens of subsequent generations which inherit it from both parents will show the Burmese colour expression.

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