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The encyclopedia of historic and endangered livestock and poultry breeds /

"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dohner, Janet Vorwald, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2001.
Colección:Yale agrarian studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 514 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780300138139
030013813X
1281728853
9781281728852
9786611728854
6611728856