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Alternative names for this breed include Belgian Blue-White ; Belgian White and Blue Pied ; Belgian White Blue ; Blue ; and Blue Belgian.
The double-muscling phenotype is a heritable condition which results in the increased number of muscle fibers ( hyperplasia ) rather than the normal enlargement of individual muscle fibers ( hypertrophy ).
Both of these breeds have an increased ability to convert feed into lean muscle, which causes these particular breeds ' meat to have a reduced fat content.
The Belgian Blue is named after their typically blue-grey mottled hair colour, however its colour can vary from white to black.
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