Domestication, Conservation, and Use of Animal Resources

Download or read book Domestication, Conservation, and Use of Animal Resources written by Lynnette Jean Peel and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1983 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Domestication, dispersal and use of animals in Europe; Domestication and use of animals in the Americas; Prehistoric man and animals in Australia and Oceania; Indigenous domesticated animals of Asia and Africa and their uses; Conservation of animal genetic resources; Evolutionary adaptations and their significance in animal production; The institutionalization of research in animal science; The ethics of animal use; The rational use of wild animals; Modifying growth: an example of possibilities and limitations; Animal production and energy resources; Animal production and the world food situation; Animal products and their competitiors; Livestock in economic development; Grazing animals in the next few decades.