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The Quest to Conserve Rare Breeds
This book challenges often repeated 'facts' about livestock farming, straight from the horse's mouth. In it, rare breeds expert Lawrence Alderson CBE argues for a reasoned and evidence-based approach from political and public circles. Correcting misconceptions as he goes, he recounts the creation and development of the rare breed conservation movement, addresses extinctions and genetic safe-guarding measures, and considers where we go from here. Challenged as we are by climate change, sustainability and feeding the world, perhaps it is these endangered animals that hold the answer - perhaps with them, we can adapt to our changing environment and see a way forward to a more certain future.
Cattle Breeds of the World
The origin and evolution of cattle breeds was long explained only by historical sources, with questionable reliability. In recent years genetic and molecular data have become available that shed new light on this, revealing how, from neolithic times, breeds emerged by migratory movements and mutual influencing of gene pools. But while molecular breed characterization is now rapidly advancing, phenotypic characterization remains under-explored. This publication presents a classification of around 1,000 cattle breeds based on geographical and historical data and morphology. Males and females of every breed are portrayed by the author in water colour and to scale. The illustrations are positioned next to each breed’s description, completing the overall image.
Local cattle breeds in Europe
The majority of cattle breeds in Europe are native or local breeds, usually characterised by a limited geographical distribution. The breeds have significant potential as they are carrying large amounts of genetic variation and have important cultural, historical, socio-economic and environmental values. 'Local cattle is living inheritance, old germplasm which shouldn't get lost', said one farmer. These breeds were once regionally the most popular ones, now many of them are 'at risk'. Hence, there is a need to (further) develop effective policies and strategies at national and European level to conserve and develop local cattle breeds and to promote their branded use. The European local catt...
Harmonies pastorales
Présente 450 photographies de bovins, prises pendant trente ans par S. Chevallier. Aborde notamment les races rustiques.
Saving the Breeds
Many familiar breeds of farm livestock became rare or extinct as farming methods changed in the post-war years. In Britain, the formation of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) in the early 1970s was a turning point - since then, not a single traditional breed has been lost in this country, and its example has been a spur and a blueprint for many other countries in Europe and North America.
Le lait, la vache et le citadin
Retraçant l'histoire de la production laitière, l'auteur montre comment, sous l'effet de la mode au XVIIe siècle, le lait est devenu un produit courant en même temps que le café. Il présente l'organisation de la production laitière, assurée par les fermes des laitiers-cultivateurs, ainsi que par les étables des laitiers-nourrisseurs situées à l'intérieur de la ville ou dans la proche banlieue. Ce livre décrit le long et difficile chemin qui a permis au lait de devenir l'aliment sûr qu'il est aujourd'hui. Si la lutte contre les fraudes est ancienne, l'application des normes d'hygiène ne s'est en effet imposée que récemment.
