The encyclopedia of historic and endangered livestock and poultry breeds

The encyclopedia of historic and endangered livestock and poultry breeds / Janet Vorwald Dohner.

"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 im...

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Main Author: Dohner, Janet Vorwald, 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2001.
Series:Yale agrarian studies.
Subjects:
Rare breeds > United States > Encyclopedias.
Livestock breeds > United States > Encyclopedias.
Rare breeds > Canada > Encyclopedias.
Livestock breeds > Canada > Encyclopedias.
Rare breeds > Great Britain > Encyclopedias.
Livestock breeds > Great Britain > Encyclopedias.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Animal Husbandry.
NATURE > Reference.
Livestock breeds
Rare breeds
Alte Rasse
Nutztiere
Canada
Great Britain
United States
encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias.
Encyclopédies.
Online Access:Click for online access
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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 progress are forever lost."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 514 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780300138139
030013813X
1281728853
9781281728852
9786611728854
6611728856
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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