Livestock Biodiversity
Subtitle: Genetic Resources for the Farming of the Future
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: December 1, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780632054992
Description: "This book offers a detailed and comprehensive overview of livestock biodiversity. It explores the history behind it, shows how livestock biodiversity can be utilized as animal genetic resources through breed development and by crossbreeding, examines the state of world livestock biodiversity today, and emphasizes the importance of conserving and developing the biodiversity of livestock."--Jacket.