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