1:: Preface 2:: Introduction 3:: Genetics, Breeding and Conservation 4:: Asses 5:: Camelids 6:: Cattle 7:: Goats 8:: Horses 9:: Pigs 10:: Sheep 11:: Water Buffalo 12:: Yak 13:: Other Livestock
Lawrence Alderson was born in Yorkshire on a Pennine hill farm,
which followed a largely self-contained semi-organic system with
pedigree livestock. He holds a degree in agricultural science from
Cambridge University, with a post-graduate qualification in
genetics, and during his time at there also served as President of
the Cambridge University Agricultural Society.
Alderson began his career lecturing in agricultural colleges, with
a special interest in animal breeding and business management,
before establishing his own company (Countrywide Livestock Ltd). As
the owner of farms in Hampshire, Wiltshire and Northumberland, he
has hands-on experience with rare equine, bovine and ovine breeds,
and went on to found both Rare Breeds International and the Rare
Breed Survival Trust. He has written extensively on rare breeds and
genetic conservation throughout his career, including Mason's World
Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding. In 2004 was
recognised for his services to conservation with a CBE.
Formerly a member of the Defra FAnGR committee and delegate to ERFP
(European Regional Focal Point) meetings, he is an international
consultant on the conservation of animal genetic resources.
Mason s offers well-organized, in-depth international coverage of livestock, identifying major breeds, listing existing and extinct breeds. --S.J. Bryant "CHOICE "
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