The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds

by Janet Vorwald Dohner

• ISBN13: 9780300088809
• ISBN10: 0300088809
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-02-08
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Abbreviations and Symbols	xiv
Rare on the Farm	2	(6)
Humans and Animals	8	(12)
Goats	20	(44)
Natural History	21	(6)
Domestication	27	(10)
Husbandry	37	(11)
Breed Profiles	48	(16)
English	48	(1)
Bagot	49	(2)
Golden Guernsey	51	(2)
San Clemente	53	(1)
Spanish	54	(2)
Tennessee Fainting, Myotonic, and Wooden Leg	56	(2)
Nigerian Dwarf	58	(2)
Oberhasli	60	(1)
Feral, Including Isle of Man, Irish, Scottish, Hawaiian, Arapawa, Saturna Island, and Mona Island	61	(3)
Sheep	64	(96)
Natural History	65	(4)
Domestication	69	(13)
Husbandry	82	(10)
Breed Profiles	92	(68)
Soay	92	(1)
Shetland	93	(3)
North Ronaldsay or Orkney	96	(2)
Hebridean	98	(2)
Manx Loghtan	100	(1)
Jacob	101	(1)
Boreray	102	(1)
Castlemilk Moorit	103	(1)
Welsh Mountain	104	(1)
Black Welsh Mountain	104	(1)
Torddu and Torwen	105	(1)
Balwen	105	(1)
Hill Radnor	106	(1)
Lleyn	107	(1)
Portland	107	(1)
Dorset Horn	108	(2)
Wiltshire Horn	110	(2)
Whitefaced Woodland	112	(1)
Lincoln	113	(2)
Teeswater	115	(1)
Wensleydale	116	(1)
Leicester Longwool	117	(2)
Cotswold	119	(1)
Galway	120	(1)
Devon and Cornwall Longwool	121	(1)
White Face and Greyface Dartmoors	122	(1)
Ryeland	123	(1)
Herdwick	124	(1)
Southdown	124	(2)
Oxford Down	126	(2)
Dorset Down	128	(1)
Shropshire	129	(1)
Norfolk Horn	130	(2)
Clun Forest	132	(1)
Kerry Hill	133	(1)
Llanwenog	133	(1)
Navajo-Churro	134	(3)
Santa Cruz	137	(2)
Gulf Coast Native	139	(2)
Newfoundland Local	141	(1)
Hog Island	142	(1)
Tunis	143	(2)
Delaine Merino	145	(2)
Caribbean Hair	147	(1)
Boricua	148	(1)
Barbados Blackbelly	148	(3)
Virgin Island White and St. Croix	151	(1)
Katahdin	152	(1)
Karakul	153	(4)
California Variegated Mutant / Romeldale	157	(1)
Feral Hawaiian	157	(1)
Naturalized Wild Sheep	158	(2)
Swine	160	(40)
Natural History	161	(2)
Domestication	163	(10)
Husbandry	173	(9)
Breed Profiles	182	(18)
Tamworth	182	(1)
British Saddleback	183	(2)
Gloucestershire Old Sports	185	(1)
British Lop	186	(1)
Berkshire	186	(2)
Middle White	188	(1)
Large Black	189	(1)
Oxford Sandy and Black	190	(1)
Ossabaw Island	190	(2)
Guinea	192	(1)
Poland China	193	(1)
American Mulefoot	194	(2)
Red Wattle	196	(1)
Choctaw	197	(1)
Hereford	197	(1)
Feral Hogs and Wild Boars	198	(2)
Cattle	200	(94)
Natural History	201	(5)
Domestication	206	(20)
Husbandry	226	(10)
Breed Profiles	236	(58)
White Park	236	(2)
American White Park	238	(2)
Vaynol	240	(1)
Chillingham	241	(1)
Highland	242	(3)
Kerry	245	(2)
Dexter	247	(2)
English Longhorn	249	(1)
Ayrshire	250	(3)
Shetland	253	(1)
Red Poll	254	(2)
Irish Moiled	256	(2)
Galloway	258	(2)
White Galloway	260	(1)
Belted Galloway	261	(1)
British White	262	(2)
Devon	264	(2)
Milking Devon	266	(2)
Gloucester	268	(1)
Shorthorn	269	(2)
Beef Shorthorn	271	(1)
Northern Dairy Shorthorn	271	(1)
Whitebred Shorthorn	272	(1)
Lincoln Red	272	(1)
Milking Shorthorn	273	(1)
Guernsey	274	(3)
Florida Cracker and Pineywoods	277	(2)
Texas Longhorn	279	(3)
Canadienne	282	(2)
Dutch Belt or Dutch Belted	284	(3)
Lineback	287	(2)
Randall Blue Lineback	289	(1)
Ankole Watusi	290	(2)
Feral, Including Hawaiian and Enderby Island	292	(2)
Equines	294	(108)
Natural History	295	(9)
Domestication	304	(19)
Husbandry	323	(4)
Breed Profiles	327	(75)
Akhal-Teke	327	(3)
Caspian	330	(2)
Friesian	332	(2)
Exmoor	334	(3)
Eriskay	337	(1)
Fell	338	(2)
Dales	340	(1)
Dartmoor	341	(2)
Clydesdale	343	(3)
Shire	346	(3)
Suffolk	349	(3)
Cleveland Bay	352	(2)
Hackney	354	(3)
Irish Draught	357	(2)
Spanish Mustang or North American Colonial Spanish	359	(8)
Florida Cracker	367	(2)
Chickasaw	369	(1)
Choctaw	370	(1)
Sable Island	371	(3)
Newfoundland	374	(2)
Canadian	376	(2)
Lac La Croix	378	(1)
Rocky Mountain, Mountain Pleasure, and Kentucky Mountain	379	(3)
McCurdy Plantation	382	(1)
American Cream Draft	383	(1)
Lipizzan	384	(4)
Gotland	388	(1)
Poitou	389	(2)
American Mammoth Jack	391	(3)
Miniature Mediterranean	394	(2)
Feral, Including Mustang, Suffield Mustang, Chincoteague and Assateague, Banker, and Cumberland Island	396	(6)
Poultry	402	(74)
Chickens	403	(1)
Natural History	403	(3)
Domestication	406	(10)
Husbandry	416	(5)
Breed Profiles	421	(22)
Dorking	421	(2)
Scots Dumpy	423	(1)
Scots Grey	424	(1)
Derbyshire Redcap	424	(1)
Old English Pheasant	425	(1)
Indian or Cornish Game	425	(2)
Sussex	427	(1)
Croad Langshan	428	(1)
Dominique	429	(2)
Java	431	(1)
Barred Plymouth Rock	432	(1)
Black Australorp	433	(1)
Brown Leghorn	434	(1)
Black Minorca	435	(2)
Ancona	437	(1)
Rhode Island Red	438	(1)
White Wyandotte	439	(1)
Jersey Giant	439	(1)
New Hampshire	440	(1)
Delaware	441	(1)
Hungarian Yellow	442	(1)
Turkeys	443	(1)
Natural History	443	(1)
Domestication	444	(4)
Husbandry	448	(2)
Breed Profiles	450	(6)
Black	450	(1)
Narragansett	451	(1)
Bronze	452	(1)
White Holland	453	(1)
Buff	454	(1)
Bourbon Red	454	(1)
Slate	455	(1)
Royal Palm	455	(1)
Beltsville Small White	455	(1)
Ducks	456	(1)
Natural History	456	(1)
Domestication	457	(1)
Husbandry	458	(2)
Breed Profiles	460	(6)
Rouen	460	(1)
Aylesbury	461	(1)
Crested	461	(1)
Runner	462	(1)
Khaki Campbell	463	(1)
Cayuga	463	(1)
Blue Swedish	464	(1)
Buff of Buff Orpington	464	(1)
Ancona	465	(1)
Magpie	465	(1)
Australian Spotted	465	(1)
Saxony	465	(1)
Silver Appleyard	466	(1)
Welsh Harlequin	466	(1)
Geese	466	(1)
Natural History	466	(1)
Domestication	467	(2)
Husbandry	469	(2)
Breed Profiles	471	(5)
Pilgrim	471	(1)
Toulouse	472	(1)
Roman	472	(1)
Pomeranian	473	(1)
Chinese	473	(1)
African	474	(1)
Sebastopol	474	(1)
American Buff	475	(1)
Brecon Buff	475	(1)
Preserving a Future	476	(11)
Appendix 1. Selected Organizations and Journals	487	(3)
Appendix 2. Where to See Rare and Historical Breeds	490	(3)
Bibliography	493	(4)
Index	497