The encyclopedia of historic and endangered livestock and poultry breeds / Janet Vorwald Dohner.
The encyclopedia of historic and endangered livestock and poultry breeds / Janet Vorwald Dohner.
The encyclopedia of historic and endangered livestock and poultry breeds / Janet Vorwald Dohner.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.
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NQ636.003/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xii, 514 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents
1. Rare on the Farm -- 2. Humans and Animals -- 3. Goats -- 4. Sheep -- 5. Swine -- 6. Cattle -- 7. Equines -- 8. Poultry -- 9. Preserving a Future.
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.
Series
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c2001.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"The need to preserve farm animal diversity is increasingly urgent, says the author of this definitive book on endangered breeds of livestock and poultry. Farmyard animals may hold critical keys for our survival, Jan Dohner warns, and with each extinction, genetic traits of potentially vital importance to our agricultural future or to medical progr...
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Full title
The encyclopedia of historic and endangered livestock and poultry breeds / Janet Vorwald Dohner.
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Yale agrarian studies series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-496) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2001.
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Call Numbers
NQ636.003/1
Record Identifier
74Vv4L3GkMzX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv4L3GkMzX
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ISBN
0300088809 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300088809 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
636.003
MMS ID
991015488649702626
