The early history of livestock husbandry

2015.03.17

) and the University of Turku and financed by the Finnish Academy. The FinnARCH project investigated early livestock husbandry combining methods from molecular genetics, biology and archeology. ”This is the first time when research results originating from different scientific disciplines were combined to elucidate early livestock husbandry in Finland”, says project leader Professor Juha Kantanen. The book, written by Docent Auli Bläuer, follows the Finnish livestock history from the Stone Age to modern times, and gives a detailed description of the adaptation process of the Finnish native livestock. ”Robust livestock with adaptation abilities was necessary for the development of the agricultural society”, says Bläuer. History has demonstrated the significance of adaptation abilities of livestock to future challenges, such as climate change, and thus underlines the importance of conservation of animal genetic resources today. A

on the book release (in Finnish only) is available on Luke's homepages.

Futher information:

Professor

, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), phone +358 29 532 6210 Docent

, Archeology, University of Turku, phone +358 50 597 4908