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Shetland breeds : 'little animals... very full of spirit,' ancient, endangered & adaptable : a compendium with principal essays /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Linklater, Andro, Kohlberg, Nancy, Kopper, Philip
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chevy Chase, Md. : Posterity Press, [2003]
Subjects:	Livestock breeds > Scotland > Shetland > History. Livestock > Scotland > Shetland > History. Animals, Domestic. Breeding. Scotland.

Table of Contents:

Shetland : Eden with weather - a short history of this valiant place
Shetland pony : a most appealing breed
Island view - genesis : on the origins and limits of domestication
Shetland sheep : a wealth of wool and words
Island view - lost dogs, or whither the Shetland sheepdog?
Shetland cattle : the gentle kine
Island view - saving the duck
Shetland fowl : a quest for continuity
Island view - lineages of Shetland
Shetland as laboratory : on the genetics of island populations
Island view - an older breed of sheep?
The missing pig : beyond the brink