Managing Breeds for a Secure Future: Strategies for Breeders and Breed Associations - Couverture rigide

Sponenberg, D. Phillip

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 178918164X ISBN 13 : 9781789181647

Editeur : 5M Books Ltd, 2021

Synopsis

Strategies for success have been detailed in the first and second editions of Managing Breeds for a Secure Future. The third edition explores this further, providing more strategies that can assure long-term survival for breeds of livestock, poultry, and dogs.

Managing Breeds for a Secure Future Third Edition is re-organized to flow better, and has additional chapters on specific protocols for maintaining breeds. It also delves more deeply into rescuing rare populations, through both theory and practice. Updates to the new edition include: biological issues, population analysis, pedigree-based analyses, managing a genetic defect, and specific rescue principles and practices.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

D. Phillip Sponenberg, DVM, PhD, is Professor of pathology and genetics at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine located at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. He has worked across many continents on breed conservation. His goal is to achieve programs that function well in the cultural settings in which they serve.

Alison Martin, PhD is the Executive Director of The Livestock Conservancy. Her long history of personnel management and her experience in the poultry industry combined in to bring together people and science. The resulting combination achieves meaningful conservation of livestock and poultry genetic resources.

Jeannette Beranger is Senior Program Manager at the Livestock Conservancy. Her field work has been pivotal and inspirational to both newcomers and old hands within the conservation community. Her extensive background in zookeeping has given her sharp observational skills. These include an eye for breed type and photographic skills that have been especially significant contributions to The Livestock Conservancy’s educational efforts.

Charlene Couch, PhD is Senior Program Manager at the Livestock Conservancy. Her background in genetics and her eye for detail bring an analytical approach to problem solving that notes all the various pieces. She is able to put these together for effective strategies that serve the conservation of many breeds across all species.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: 5M Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 178918164X
• ISBN 13: 9781789181647
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible