Art and Science in Breeding : : Creating Better Chickens / / Margaret Derry.

• VerfasserIn: Derry, Margaret,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (228 p.)

Chickens are now the most scientifically engineered of livestock. How have the methods used by geneticists differed from those employed by domestic breeders over time? Art and Science in Breeding details the relationship between farm practices and agricultural genetics in poultry breeding from 1850 to 1960.Margaret E. Derry traces the history and organization of chicken breeding in North America, from craft approaches and breeding as an 'art,' to the conflicts that had emerged between traditional and scientific methods by the 1940s. Derry assesses links between the 'scientific' revolution of chicken farming and the development of corporate breeding as a modern, international industry. Using poultry as a case study for the wider narrative of agricultural genetics, Art and Science in Breeding adds considerable knowledge to a rapidly growing field of inquiry.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Historical Background: Chickens, Those Lowly Creatures -- Chapter Two. From Barnyard Scavenger on North American Farms to Bird of Beauty and Use -- Chapter Three. The Development of Agricultural Genetics in Relation to North American Chicken Breeding -- Chapter Four. Breeding for Eggs in North America: Conflict between Science and Craft -- Chapter Five. The 'Scientizing' of Breeding in the North American Egg Industry -- Chapter Six. North American Chicken Breeding and the Rise of the Broiler Industry -- Chapter Seven. Epilogue: Trends in Chicken Breeding after 1950 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index