Animal breeding, welfare and society [electronic resource] / Jacky Turner.
Material type: TextPublication details: London ; Washington, D.C. : Earthscan, 2010.Description: xi, 324 p. : illISBN:- 9781849775038 (e-book : PDF)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The industrialization of animal genetics -- 2. Breeding for productivity -- 3. Productivity and animal health -- 4. Productivity and welfare : animal behaviour -- 5. Companion animal breeding : ideal standards -- 6. Companion animal breeding : welfare, professionals and owners -- 7. Sports animals : breeding gladiators -- 8. Surpluses and rejects -- 9. Traditional, rare and fancy breeds -- 10. Pedigrees and purity -- 11. Population control : pests, aliens and endangered species -- 12. Laboratory animal breeding : designed for science -- 13. Eugenics, commerce and control in human and animal reproduction.
Also available in print edition.
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