| | Acknowledgements | | |
| | Introduction | | |
1 | | The Industrialization of Animal Genetics | | 1 |
1.1 | | Background and context: From local to global | | 1 |
1.2 | | Technologies and practices: Genes as commodities | | 9 |
1.3 | | The impact on animals | | 17 |
2 | | Breeding for Productivity | | 25 |
2.1 | | Background and context: More and faster | | 25 |
2.2 | | Technologies and practices | | 28 |
2.3 | | The impact on animals | | 39 |
2.4 | | The professionals, the public and the future | | 42 |
3 | | Productivity and Animal Health | | 51 |
3.1 | | Background and context: Unintended consequences | | 51 |
3.2 | | The impact on animals | | 52 |
3.3 | | The professionals, the public and the future | | 65 |
4 | | Productivity and Welfare: Animal Behaviour | | 77 |
4.1 | | Background and context: The abolition of the family | | 77 |
4.2 | | Natural behaviour versus farming practice | | 79 |
4.3 | | The impact on animals | | 91 |
4.4 | | The professionals, the industry and the public | | 94 |
5 | | Companion Animal Breeding: Ideal Standards | | 103 |
5.1 | | Background and context: Breeding for work and whim | | 103 |
5.2 | | Modern breeding to design | | 107 |
5.3 | | Breed standards | | 111 |
5.4 | | Breeding practices | | 117 |
5.5 | | Benefits and costs, sustainability and the future | | 121 |
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