The long tradition of livestock breeding in the Netherlands serves as a valuable example of the delicate balance between art and science, beauty and statistics in the modernizing field of agriculture.
The long tradition of livestock breeding in the Netherlands serves as a valuable example of the delicate balance between art and science, beauty and statistics in the modernizing field of agriculture.
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Breeding for Nobility or for Production? Friesian Dairy Cattle The Breeders Get Organized Type and Tuberculosis The Moral Economy of Breeding Bloodlines and Purity Scientific Breeding Nobility or Production? Entrepreneurship Indexes Holsteinization Market and Moral Economy 2. "The most efficient chickens in the world" From Side Business to Mainstay Hybrid Breeding Hy-Line and Hendrix Genetics From Purebreds to First-Generation Crossbreds Industrialization Developments in Breeding Chickens are Not Peas 3. Breeding a Pig for all Parties Testing for Productive Traits Minkema’s Breeding Plan AI in Pigs Hybrid Pig Breeding The Breeder’s Eye Pigs are Not Chickens 4. Just Not Like any other Sheep Breed: The Texel Creating the Texel The Swifter Breeding by Numbers or By Eye AI in Texel Sheep What’s in a Breed? 5. From Farm Horse to Riding Horse: The Dutch Warmbloods
Gelderlanders and Groningers Introducing "Hot Blood" Finding the Right Mix The Government Intervenes Scientific Breeding Balancing Practical and Scientific Methods Conclusions List of illustrations Sources Index
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Breeding for Nobility or for Production? Friesian Dairy Cattle The Breeders Get Organized Type and Tuberculosis The Moral Economy of Breeding Bloodlines and Purity Scientific Breeding Nobility or Production? Entrepreneurship Indexes Holsteinization Market and Moral Economy 2. "The most efficient chickens in the world" From Side Business to Mainstay Hybrid Breeding Hy-Line and Hendrix Genetics From Purebreds to First-Generation Crossbreds Industrialization Developments in Breeding Chickens are Not Peas 3. Breeding a Pig for all Parties Testing for Productive Traits Minkema’s Breeding Plan AI in Pigs Hybrid Pig Breeding The Breeder’s Eye Pigs are Not Chickens 4. Just Not Like any other Sheep Breed: The Texel Creating the Texel The Swifter Breeding by Numbers or By Eye AI in Texel Sheep What’s in a Breed? 5. From Farm Horse to Riding Horse: The Dutch Warmbloods
Gelderlanders and Groningers Introducing "Hot Blood" Finding the Right Mix The Government Intervenes Scientific Breeding Balancing Practical and Scientific Methods Conclusions List of illustrations Sources Index
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