Papers of St Clair Taylor relating to the Animal Breeding Research Organisation multibreed projects
Content Description
Comprises paper drafts, data and notes relating to Taylor's research on multibreed projects at the Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO) during the 1970s-1980s. Taylor has also provided contemporary annotations and information on potential future projects using the digitised experimental data provided here on two DVDs.
Dates
- Creation: 1972-2017
Creator
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Conditions Governing Use
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Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents.
Biographical / Historical
The breed comparison research with which Taylor was involved was carried out between 1972-1985 at ABRO's Blythbank farm. The objective was to find ways of estimating between-breed variation and inter-breed relationships of body size, milk yield, growth rate, food intake and efficiency of production in cattle.
Much of the farm records and data produced as part of this research were retrieved by Taylor and colleagues in the 2010s, digitised and put onto DVDs.
Extent
0.25 linear metres
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Repository Details
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