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Organizations Supporting Alpaca Farming |
| http://www.alpacainfo.com/ Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association. The association was formed for the following purposes. (1) To promote public awareness and membership appreciation of the Alpaca's unique qualities; (2) To educate the membership on the care and breeding of the Alpaca; (3) To promote the growth of the Alpaca industry as a whole; and (4) To foster the establishment of the breed outside of its native land by encouraging husbandry and breeding practices based upon, but not limited to, herd health, overall soundness, and wool production. |
| http://www.alpacaregistry.net/index.sp Alpaca Registry Inc. The Alpaca Registry is a database housing the genealogy, blood typing and ownership records of alpacas in North America and those of a few alpacas outside this area. |
| http://alpacanation.com/ AlpacaNation.Com is a centralized, full service Web site promoting and serving the entire alpaca industry. Browsing AlpacaNation is FREE to everyone! |
| http://www.afcna.com/content/view/43/48/ Alpaca Fiber Cooperative of North America, Inc. AFNCA is an organization of nearly 1,200 North American alpaca producers. We pool together our annual shearing of alpaca fiber to take advantage of the economic benefits of processing larger volumes of fiber and market products made from our alpacas on a national level. |
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Laboratories and Testing Facilities |
| http://www.ymccoll.com Yocom-McColl Testing Laboratories, Inc. is an independently owned, commercial wool testing lab located in Denver, Colorado. We test raw wool for yield and fiber diameter. We also test at various stages of the textile manufacturing process and provide individual animal testing to provide selection data for breeders. Individual micron test reporting is now fast, accurate and affordable for sheep, alpacas, angora goats, cashmere goats and llamas. |
| http://www.rockylab.com/LLAMA_ENDO.html Rocky Mountain Instrumental Laboratories. Pregnancy, ovulation, and ovarian function in camelids (llama, alpaca, guanaco, vicuna, and old world camels) can be determined by a rapid, inexpensive, laboratory test for the reproductive hormone progesterone. |
| http://www.mmvetlab.com M&M Veterinary Laboratory, specializing in Blood Counts, IgG, Thyroid, Selenium, Vitamin E, Epi, Testosterone, Estradiol, Mineral Panels, Progesterone and Profile testing. |
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Veterinary, Universities and Other Health Related Information |
| http://www.rockisland.com/~newmoon/llamas/health.html Listing of links to articles that may be helpful in keeping your animals healthy, or in recognizing and treating disease. Also includes links to veterinary colleges and consulting camelid veterinarians. |
| http://www.alpacas-llamas.com Llamapaedia is for everyone with an interest in Llamas. Written by veterinarians, it is intended to be an accurate source of information on husbandry, breeding, care and resources for further information. |
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http://www.vet.ohio-state.edu/docs/ClinSci/camelid/index.html Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. |
| http://www.purdyvet.com/health.html The following articles express my opinions only. They are the result of personal experience and what I have been taught by my veterinary colleagues who have devoted their time and effort to improving the health care of alpacas and llamas. I thank them all for their dedication. Please contact me with any questions or comments. -- Steve Purdy, DVM |
| http://www.internationalcamelidinstitute.org The International Camelid Institute will be an education and service facility for camelid owners, breeders, veterinarians and scientists, fiber and textile persons, and animal enthusiasts throughout the world to advance the well being of camelids and the camelid industry. |
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Very Useful Information on Other Website |
| http://www.bonnydoonalpacas.org/articles.htm Eric Hoffman, Bonny Doon Alpacas. Eric is a retired educator, author, and nature writer. He has written on many topics with more than 150 articles on alpacas, llamas, vicunas, and guanacos that have appeared in Pacific Discovery, the San Francisco Chronicle, Wildlife Conservation, International Wildlife, Outside and numerous other national publications as well as trade journals. |
| http://home.earthlink.net/~johnwmerrell/Alpaca_Shearing.htm John Merrell -- Gateway Farm's on-line guide to alpaca shearing, an ongoing series of lessons to help you learn this most basic aspect of alpaca herd management. |
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http://www.llama-resource.com/LR/LR.articles.asp Articles on a wide range of topics. Searchable index. |