| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Photo Credits and locations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 2 Breeds -- Definitions of â#x80;#x9C;Breedâ#x80;#x9D; -- Why Breeds are Important -- Sustaining Breeds over Time -- Chapter 3 Basics of Breeds -- How Breeds Form -- Classes of Breeds -- Landraces -- Standardized Breeds -- Modern â#x80;#x9C;Typeâ#x80;#x9D; and â#x80;#x9C;Designerâ#x80;#x9D; Breeds -- Industrial Strains -- Feral Populations -- Dog Breeds -- Poultry Breeds -- Classes of Breeds â#x80;#x93; Summary |
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Chapter 4 Defining an Individual BreedWhich Animals Should Be Included in a Breed? -- One Breed or Two? -- Chapter 5 Breeds as Genetic Pools: Variability and Predictability -- Genetic Organization of Breeds -- Standardized Breeds -- Landraces -- Subgroups Within a Breed: Bloodlines, Strains, and Varieties -- Breed Histories -- Geography and Source Herds -- Recovery of Purebred Animals into Registries -- Chapter 6 Animal Identification -- Chapter 7 Breed Standard -- Breed Type -- Different Sorts of Breed Standards -- Breed Type Reproduces Breed Type |
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Developing a Breed StandardBreed Standards and Genetic Diversity -- Breed Standards and Breed Loss -- Standard Traits that Are Detrimental -- Qualitative and Quantitative Traits -- Changes to the Breed Standard -- Chapter 8 Maintaining Breeds -- Breeding Strategies and Gene Frequency -- Linebreeding and Inbreeding -- Outcrossing: Crossbreeding and Linecrossing -- Defining Matings as â#x80;#x9C;Relatedâ#x80;#x9D; or â#x80;#x9C;Unrelatedâ#x80;#x9D; -- Linebreeding or Outcrossing: Which is Best? -- Chapter 9 Strategies for Population Management -- Applications of Inbreeding and Linebreeding |
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Inbreeding and Loss of DiversityMonitoring Inbreeding -- Monitoring Effective Population Size -- Generation Interval -- Inbreeding Within Individual Herds -- Inbreeding Within Breeds -- Combining Linebreeding and Linecrossing -- Inbreeding and Outbreeding Summary -- Managing Contributions of Individual Animals -- Genetic Bottlenecks -- Artificial Insemination, Embryo Transfer, Assisted Reproductive Technologies -- Chapter 10 Gene Flow Into and Out of Breeds -- Upgrading and What It Does -- Upgrading and Bloodlines -- Upgrading to Rescue Endangered Bloodlines |
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Chapter 11 Specific Breeding Plansâ#x80;#x9C;Regularâ#x80;#x9D; Conservation Breeding -- Variations on â#x80;#x9C;Regularâ#x80;#x9D; Conservation Breeding -- Strategies for Animal Identification to Manage Bloodlines -- Small Populations with Single Males -- Managing Populations Where Males Are Saved for Long Careers -- Rescue Breeding Strategies -- Species Considerations for Conservation and Rescue Breeding -- Sheep and Goats -- Swine -- Rabbits -- Poultry -- Horses and Donkeys -- Dogs -- Single Rare Animals -- Rotational Breeding or Spiral Breeding -- Poultry Plans (Except Geese!) |
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Includes index |
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""I.K. Felch Method"" |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Rare breeds -- Conservation
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Livestock -- Breeding.
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Livestock -- Genetics.
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Livestock -- Societies, etc.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
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Livestock -- Breeding
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Livestock -- Genetics
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Livestock -- Societies, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Beranger, Jeannette, author
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Martin, Alison, 1962- author.
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American Livestock Breeds Conservancy.
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| ISBN |
9781912178551 |
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1912178559 |
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9781912178544 |
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1912178540 |
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