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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dohner, Janet Vorwald, 1951-

Series:

Yale agrarian studies.

Yale agrarian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rare breeds--United States--Encyclopedias.

Rare breeds.

Livestock breeds--United States--Encyclopedias.

Livestock breeds.

Rare breeds--Canada--Encyclopedias.

Livestock breeds--Canada--Encyclopedias.

Rare breeds--Great Britain--Encyclopedias.

Livestock breeds--Great Britain--Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 514 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Historic and endangered livestock and poultry breeds

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The hardy, multipurpose Dominique chickens that came to the New World with the Pilgrims and later traveled in pioneer saddlebags to help settle the West were once too numerous to count; by 1990 a mere 500 hens survived. This is but a single example of the diminishing diversity of farm animals: half of once-common livestock breeds are endangered, others are already extinct. 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. This comprehensive book features:• complete information on the history, characteristics, qualities, and traits of 138 endangered livestock breeds (goats, sheep, swine, cattle, horses, other equines) and 53 poultry breeds (chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese)• where these breeds may be seen today• the degree of rarity of each breed in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada• information on feral livestock populations• 160 color photographs and over 80 black and white photos and historical illustrations

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Symbols

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

Appendix 1. Selected Organizations and Journals

Appendix 2. Where to See Rare and Historical Breeds

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-72885-3

9786611728854

0-300-13813-X

OCLC:

952735217