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923:Llanwenog
843:Dalesbred
823:Cambridge
692:Primitive
658:Glamorgan
648:Droimeann
569:Shorthorn
524:Blue Grey
472:Livestock
302:pp. 65 ff
206:Australia
180:Argentina
158:, a rare
124:Baltimore
116:Durham Ox
88:Blue Grey
57:breed of
55:Shorthorn
1566:Category
1543:Shetland
1510:Shetland
1462:Sebright
1447:Rosecomb
1374:Chickens
1314:Bilberry
1198:Tamworth
983:Shetland
958:Portland
898:Herdwick
873:Easycare
838:Cotswold
732:Alderney
678:Shetland
673:Red Poll
668:Pembroke
612:Guernsey
602:Ayrshire
554:Highland
549:Hereford
544:Galloway
196:Zimbabwe
128:Maryland
1397:Ixworth
1392:Dorking
1362:Poultry
1218:Extinct
1089:Extinct
1049:Boreray
998:Suffolk
973:Ryeland
918:Lincoln
828:Cheviot
724:Extinct
192:Uruguay
100:Charles
94:History
1505:Magpie
1467:Sussex
1407:Legbar
1141:Extant
963:Romney
938:Masham
883:Galway
771:Extant
709:Vaynol
638:Albion
617:Jersey
579:Sussex
534:Dexter
489:Cattle
356:
284:
236:Durham
194:, and
104:Robert
59:cattle
1530:Geese
1477:Ducks
1339:Pygmy
1334:Irish
1309:Bagot
1289:Goats
1236:Grice
1203:Welsh
1168:Essex
1064:Jacob
928:Lleyn
760:Sheep
622:Kerry
564:Luing
529:Devon
213:Scone
63:breed
1130:Pigs
1079:Soay
933:Lonk
354:ISBN
282:ISBN
253:and
102:and
76:roan
53:The
122:of
1568::
313:^
300:,
269:^
257:.
198:.
186:,
126:,
90:.
464:e
457:t
450:v
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