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The Breed Profiles Handbook: A Guide to the Selection of Livestock Breeds for Grazing Wildlife Sites

This handbook is an essential reference guide for managers and advisers involved in determining and implementing grazing prescriptions on sites being managed for wildlife. It is the first succinct reference document assisting the identification and selection of grazing animals appropriate for use in nature conservation situations in the British Isles, particularly on the more challenging habitats. It includes two-page summaries of the attributes and impacts of the grazing and browsing abilities of over 50 breeds of cattle, ponies, sheep, goats and pigs.

Individual profiles should be read in conjunction with the relevant sections on issues affecting the choice of stock - species, breed, background, husbandry, age and sex, conformation and habitat/vegetation type. The Handbook also contains a glossary, references and bibliography. GAP's Guide to Animal Welfare in Nature Conservation Grazing is included at the end.

144 pages plus appendices; breed photographs in colour. September 2001. Note that this publication is currently sold out. The Breed Profile Handbook will shortly be available to download from this site in its entirety. Some profiles are already available to download (see below).

Breed Profiles Handbook
Complete Handbook

The complete handbook will be available to download, but we are still working on this at the present time. If you require only certain chapters for certain breeds, please look through the list below.

DOWNLOAD FILE HERE (PDF format)