Research Catalog

Title

Storey's illustrated breed guide to sheep, goats, cattle, and pigs : 163 breeds from common to rare / Carol Ekarius.

Author

Ekarius, Carol.

Publication

North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., ©2008.

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Details

Description

319 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

Overview: From the large-rumped Karakul sheep to the wrinkled Fengjing pig, North America is home to an extraordinary array of livestock breeds. Increasingly, a rare breed renaissance celebrates heritage breeds for their contribution to biodiversity, adaptation to specific environments, curious appearance, or ability to produce singular meat, milk, or fiber. At the same time, people continue to need up-to-date information about the major domestic breeds. Finally, a single resource offers detailed information about both common and heritage breeds: Storey's Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle, and Pigs by Carol Ekarius. This attractive, at-a-glance reference, written by one of America's foremost livestock experts, covers 194 of North America's most significant breeds of cattle, goats, sheep, and swine-from the common Guernsey cow to the near-extinct Guinea hog. For each breed, Ekarius provides full-color photographs, a brief history, and details about the breed's unique qualities and quirks. Readers will enjoy reading about major breeds such as the iconic Holstein cow, and Icelandic sheep, as well as hundreds of lesser-known varieties, like the long-legged, ginger-colored Tamworth pig; the lilac-spotted Jacob Sheep; the deerlike San Clemente goat; and the powerful, droopy-eared Guzerat cow. Comprehensive, colorful, and captivating, this definitive, in-depth guide is informative enough to aid farmers in breed selection, but beautiful enough for fanciers to browse as a coffee- table book. Storey's Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle, and Pigs will appeal to anyone interested in North American livestock-small-scale farmers, conservationists, agricultural historians, gourmets, biodiversity champions, animal lovers, and anyone dreaming about crafting fibers from sheep and goats. This indispensable reference showcases North American livestock breeds for what they truly are: fascinating, stunning, and endlessly varied.

Uniform Title

Environmental Information Services Collection.

Alternative Title

• Illustrated breed guide to sheep, goats, cattle, and pigs
• Sheep, goats, cattle, and pigs

Subject

• Cattle breeds
• Cattle breeds
• Goat breeds
• Goat breeds
• Sheep breeds
• Sheep breeds
• Swine breeds
• Swine breeds

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-309) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Defining and evaluating breeds -- Livestock through the ages -- Livestock in North America -- Understanding genetics -- Breeding approaches -- Breed registries -- Notes on the breed descriptions -- Cattle -- Brief history -- New breeds from old -- Form and function -- American -- American-British White Park -- Amerifax -- Ancient White Park -- Angus -- Ankole-Watusi -- Aubrac -- Ayrshire -- Barzona -- Beefalo -- Beefmaster -- Belgian Blue -- Blonde d'Aquitaine -- Braford -- Brahman -- Braunvieh/Brown Swiss -- BueLingo -- Canadian Speckle Park -- Canadienne -- Charolais -- Chianina -- Corriente -- Devon and Milking Devon -- Dexter -- Dutch Belted -- Florida Cracker -- Galloway -- Gelbvieh -- Guernsey -- Hays Converter -- Hereford -- Highland -- Holstein (Friesian) -- Jersey -- Kerry -- Limousin -- Lincoln Red -- Lineback -- Lowline -- Maine-Anjou -- Marchigiana -- Murray Grey -- Normande -- Norwegian Red -- Parthenais -- Piedmontese -- Pineywoods -- Pinzgauer -- Red Poll -- Romagnola -- Salers -- Santa Gertrudis -- Senepol -- Shorthorn and Milking Shorthorn -- Simmental -- South Devon -- Tarentaise -- Texas Longhorn -- Tuli -- Wagyu -- Welsh Black -- Goats -- Brief history -- Form and function -- Alpine -- Angora -- Arapawa -- Boer -- Golden Guernsey -- Kiko -- Kinder -- LaMancha -- Myotonic -- Nigerian Dwarf -- Nubian -- Oberhasli -- Pygmy -- Pygora -- Saanen and Sable -- San Clemente -- Spanish -- Toggenburg.
• Pigs -- Brief history -- Form and function -- American Landrace -- American Yorkshire -- Berkshire -- Chester White -- Choctaw -- Duroc -- Gloucestershire Old Spot -- Guinea Hog -- Hampshire -- Hereford -- Lacombe -- Large Black -- Mulefoot -- Ossabaw Island -- Pietrain -- Poland China -- Red Wattle -- Spotted -- Tamworth -- Vietnamese Potbelly -- Sheep -- Brief history -- Form and function -- Blackbelly -- Black Welsh Mountain -- Bluefaced Leicester -- Border Cheviot -- Border Leicester -- Brecknock Hill Cheviot -- British Milk Sheep -- California Red -- California Variegated Mutant/Romeldale -- Canadian Arcott -- Charollais -- Clun Forest -- Columbia -- Coopworth -- Cormo -- Corriedale -- Cotswold -- Debouillet -- Dorper -- Dorset -- East Friesian -- Finnsheep -- Gulf Coast Native -- Hampshire -- Hog Island -- Icelandic -- Ile de France -- Jacob -- Karakul -- Katahdin -- Lacaune -- Leicester Longwool -- Lincoln Longwool -- Merino -- Montadale -- Navajo-Churro -- Newfoundland -- North Country Cheviot -- Oxford -- Panama -- Perendale -- Polypay -- Rambouillet -- Rideau Arcott -- Romanov -- Romney -- Royal White -- Santa Cruz -- Scottish Blackface -- Shetland -- Shropshire -- Soay -- Southdown -- St Croix -- Suffolk -- Targhee -- Teeswater -- Texel -- Tunis -- Wensleydale -- Wiltshire Horn -- Glossary -- Resources -- Bibliography -- Photography credits -- Expert consultants -- Index.

ISBN

• 9781603420372
• 1603420371
• 9781603420365
• 1603420363

LCCN

^^2008026110

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library