Animal Breeds

The following selected electronic and print resources describe and illustrate various breeds of animals.

• Breeds of Livestock (OSU)

  • Cattle, Donkeys, Goats, Horses, Llamas, Poultry, Sheep, Swine, and Other

• Cat Breeds (Cat Fanciers)

• Cat Breeds (CFA)

• Dog Breeds (AKC Recognized)

• SelectaPet(Dogs and Cats)

• Electronic Zoo / NetVet

• Threatened and Endangered Wildlife [and Plants] (USFWS)

• Cats

  • Medical, genetic & behavioral aspects of purebred cats

    Ross D. Clark, ed.  Fairway, KS: Forum Publications, c1992. 
    Location: Veterinary Medical (Reference & Open Reserves)
    Call Number: 636.80896 M468 1992
    

  • The atlas of cats of the world: domesticated and wild

    Dennis Kelsey-Wood. Neptune City, NJ : TFH Publications, c1989. 
    Location:  Veterinary Medical (Reference)
    Call Number:  636.8 K299a 1989
    

  • The Cat Fanciers' Association cat encyclopedia.

    New York : Simon & Schuster, c1995.
    Location:  Veterinary Medical (Reference)
    Call Number:  636.8003 C28 1995

• Cattle

  • Cattle breeds: an encyclopedia

    Marleen Felius.  Doetinchem, Netherlands : Misset, c1995. 
    Location:  Veterinary Medical (Reference)
    Call Number:  636.2003 F335c 1995
    
    

  • Cattle: a handbook to the breeds of the world

    Valerie Porter. New York: Facts On File, [1992]. 
    Location: Veterinary Medical (Reference)
    Call Number:  636.2 P835c 1992

• Dogs

• The complete dog book

  19th ed., rev./ American Kennel Club. New York : Howell Book House, c1997.
  Location: Veterinary Medical (Reference)
  Call Number: 636.7 Am35c 1997
  

• The International encyclopedia of dog.

  New York : Howell Book House, 1995.
  Location:  Veterinary Medical (Reference)
  Call Number:   636.7003 In8 1995
  

• Medical & genetic aspects of purebred dogs

  Ross D. Clark & Joan R. Stainer. Fairway, KS: Forum Publications, c1994. 
  Location: Veterinary Medical (Reference)
  Call Number: 636.70896 M468 1994

• Horses

• Encyclopedia of the horse.

  New York : Crescent Books, 1997.
  Location: Veterinary Medical
  Call Number: 636.1003 En19 1997
  

• International encyclopedia of horse breeds

  Bonnie L. Hendricks. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, c1995. 
  Location: Veterinary Medical (Reference)
  Call Number: 636.1003 H384i 1995
  

• The international encyclopedia of horses and ponies

  Jane Kidd. New York: Howell Book House, c1995. 
  Location: Veterinary Medical (Reference)
  Call Number: 636.1 In8 1995
  

• Livestock

• A colour atlas of livestock breeds : 220 breeds in words and pictures

  Hans Hinrich Sambraus. London : Wolfe Pub. Ltd., 1992. 
  Location: Veterinary Medical (Open Reserves)
  Call Number: 636.08 Sa44aE 1992
  

• Pigs

• Pigs : a handbook to the breeds of the world

  Valerie Porter. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, c1993.
  Location: Veterinary Medical (Reference)
  Call Number: 636.4 P835p 1993
  

• Poultry

• British poultry standards : complete specifications and judging points of all standardized breeds and varieties of poultry, 5th ed.

  Victoria Roberts. Oxford [England]: Blackwell Science,1997. 
  Location: Veterinary Medical (Reference)
  Call Number: 636.50021841 B777 1997
  

• Sheep

• Sheep of the world

  Kenneth G. Ponting.  Poole [England] : Blandford Press, 1980.
  Location:  Veterinary Medical (Open Reserves)
  Call Number:  636.3 P778s
  

• All Animals

• Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia

  Bernhard Grzimek. New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., [c1972-75]  13 vols.
  Location:  Veterinary Medical  (Reference)
  Call Number: 591 G929tE
  

For additional breed resources, contact the VM librarian