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Auteur(s) : Derry, Margaret Elsinor
Titre(s) : Art and science in breeding [Texte imprimé] : creating better chickens / Margaret E. Derry
Publication : Toronto : University of Toronto press, cop. 2012
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-281 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : 1. Historical Background: Chickens, Those Lowly Creatures ; 2. From Barnyard Scavenger
on to Bird of Beauty and Use ; 3. The Development of Agricultural Genetics in Relation
to North American Chicken Breeding ; 4. Breeding for Eggs in North America: Conflict
between Science and Craft ; 5. The "Scientizing" of Breeding in the North American
Egg Industry ; 6. North American Chicken Breeding and the Rise of the Broiler Industry
; 7. Epilogue: Global Trends in Chicken Breeding after 1950.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 253-273
"Chickens are now the most scientifically engineered of livestock. How have the methods
used by geneticists differed from those employed by domestic breeders over time? Art
and Science in Breeding details the relationship between farm practices and agricultural
genetics in poultry breeding from 1850 to 1960 ; Margaret E. Derry traces the history
and organization of chicken breeding in North America, from craft approaches and breeding
as an 'art, ' to the conflicts that had emerged between traditional and scientific
methods by the 1940s. Derry assesses links between the 'scientific' revolution of
chicken farming and the development of corporate breeding as a modern, international
industry. Using poultry as a case study for the wider narrative of agricultural genetics,
Art and Science in Breeding adds considerable knowledge to a rapidly growing field
of inquiry."--Pub. desc
Sujet(s) : Poulets -- Élevage -- Canada -- Histoire
Poulets -- Élevage -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Poulets -- Génie génétique -- Canada -- Histoire
Poulets -- Génie génétique -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
636.500 971 (23e éd.) = Poulets et autres oiseaux de basse-cour - Canada
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781442643956. - ISBN 1442643951 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43894243x
Notice n° :
FRBNF43894243
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