The AlpacaRosa

Okay, so Skin Biopsy testing has been going on in the U.S. for a few years now, what do we think of it?

EXPENSIVE ! …..I know about $300 per SB……….Im with you there.

The average alpaca scores around a 38 follicles sq/mm. An exceptionally dense alpaca has above 65 follicoles sq/mm.

Personally , we have not done any Skin Biopsy tests, but plan on biting the bullet soon and testing some of our herdsires, and a few of our important females.

What has convinced us to get the testing done? ... read full article

The last article’s comment brought up an interesting point about retaining fineness. We have a term we use for that, we call it Lingering Fineness. Put this term in your repertoire of important traits to add to your breeding program.

When you think about it, Lingering fineness is one of the most important alpaca fiber traits that our industry has to offer. Alpacas have 4 traits that make it valuable in the world market place:

1. Alpaca is extremely fine

2. Alpaca is extremely lusterous ... read full article