Art and Science in Breeding : : Creating Better Chickens /

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

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...

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

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