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Livestock

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 110 Collections and/or Records:

New opportunities in animal biotechnology, 1987

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/2/200
Scope and Contents

Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1987. Part 1 and Index.

Dates: 1987
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR)

Note about Fail na Muic and Fail an Tuirc, 1884

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/243
Scope and Contents

Note about 'Fail na Muic' and 'Fail an Tuirc' that they were slits in the hillside where the pig and the boar slept. Also notes that Croc an Chronan and Loch na Dunach near there [Cnoc a' Chrònain and Loch na Dùnach, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire].

Dates: 1884
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note about straw being used to keep beasts quiet, 1884

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/269
Scope and Contents

Note about straw being used to keep beasts quiet by throwing it into their mouths 'Sop a thilgeadh am bial na beiste gus a bheist a chuma[i]l samhach'.

Dates: 1884
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Note about the 'eacara', August 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/45
Scope and Contents

Note probably collected from Christina Campbell née Macintyre, Lios Mòr/Lismore Earra, Ghàidheal/Argyllshire about a crescent-shaped structure which formed the 'eacara' or the pound for livestock. Carmichael notes that there is still a place of that name on Lismore [Lios Mòr].

Dates: August 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Notes on Crois an t-Sagairt, Garryhellie, South Uist, 8 May 1877

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/60
Scope and Contents Notes on the cross called Crois an t-Sagairt, [Geàrraidh Sheilidh/Garryhellie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist], its appearance and where the priest lived in relation to it. He adds that when Sì ne ni[ghean] MhicNeill Barra [Jean MacNeil, daughter of MacNeil of Barra] came to Garryhellie the priest left and that the land was so fertile that every sheep had 3 lambs and each of these lambs had 3 lambs the following year. Opposite the cross is Rudh Hallan [Rubha Hallan] and Dun Ru Hallan [Dùn Rubha...
Dates: 8 May 1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Nutrient and toxic substances in water for livestock and poultry. A report of the Subcommittee on Nutrient and Toxic Elements in Water. National Research Council. 1974. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C. International standard book number 0-309-02312-2 [Book review], 1975

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Identifier: Coll-1362/3/954
Scope and Contents

Located in Poultry Research Centre Staff Papers 1975.

Dates: 1975
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Poultry Research Centre

Old Kraals, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/2219
Scope and Contents

Photograph of old stone kraals, or livestock enclosures, in the woodlands of [South Africa] in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Papers of James Cossar Ewart

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-14
Scope and Contents Contains: Coll-14/1 - Medals, including those presented at school in Penicuik and while at Edinburgh University. There are also medals won for prize animals at various shows; Coll-14/2 - Certifcates, Diplomas and Letters of Appointment, including Ewart's medical qualification certificates, and his commission of appointment to the Regius Professorship of Natural History at the University...
Dates: 1866-1935
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Patterns of behaviour in farm animals, December 1987

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Identifier: Coll-1362/2/157
Scope and Contents

Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1987. Part 1 and Index.

Dates: December 1987
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR)

Patterns of behaviour in farm animals (a) Farm animals, 1986

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Identifier: Coll-1362/2/29
Scope and Contents

Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1986. Part 1.

Dates: 1986
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Institute Offprint Collection / Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR)

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