The encyclopedia of historic and endangered livestock and poultry breeds /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Dohner, Janet Vorwald, 1951-
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2001.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 514 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:	English
Series:	Yale agrarian studies Yale agrarian studies.
Subject:	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. Livestock breeds. Rare breeds. Canada. Great Britain. United States. Electronic books. Encyclopedias.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11185972

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Varying Form of Title:	Historic and endangered livestock and poultry breeds
ISBN:	9780300138139 030013813X 0300088809 9780300088809 1281728853 9781281728852 9786611728854 6611728856
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Dohner, Janet Vorwald, 1951- Encyclopedia of historic and endangered livestock and poultry breeds. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2001

Table of Contents:

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