ALPACA LIBRARY - Maple Tree Alpaca Farm

Alpaca Breeding & Genetics

Glossary

Fiber Resources

Alpaca Breeding Genetic Gain

AlpacaHerdsireSelection

The Inheritance of and Association Among Some Production Traits in Young Australian Alpacas

Evolving the Australian Alpaca

The Case For Crimp

Are You Afraid of Inbreeding?

Practical Alpaca Breeding

Selection from Animal Breeding
 
Developing a Breeding Program

Animal Breeding - Prepotency

What are EPD's? (Estimated Progeny Differences)

The Suri Gene Supreme A Crossbreeding Conundrum

A Comparative Analysis Of Alpaca Breed Type And Standards 

Pure Blood - Part I The Mechanics of Inheiritance

Pure Blood - Part II Pure Money or Pure Blood Measurement

Pure Blood - Part III Breeding Systems

Pure Blood - Part IV Industry Goals

The Status of Grey Alpacas in the Australian Herd

Jiggling Genes

Planned Breeding

The status of white and red alpacas in the Australian herd

Theory of colour inheritance in alpacas

An Update of Alpaca Fleece Colour

Breeding For Color

Fleece Colours 2001 - An Update

Alpaca Fiber

Measuring Fibre Curvature: Key Issues

Fiber Testing Terminology

Crying Over Spilt Onions?

What Makes a Champion?

Methods for Measuring Microns

The Studmaster Fleece Report

Alpaca Fiber from the Textile Point of View 

Some Views on Evaluating Suri Fiber

Are People Allergic To Wool? A Prickly Question 

The Role of Crimp in the Textile Process  

Don't Let Micron Madness Crimp Your Style

Alpaca Husbandry

BVD
Testing for BVD

Vets Corner
BVD Census
Our BVD Story
Compilation of BVD Information
BVD VIRUS - New Health Problem
BVD TESTING
CLAA Notice to Breeders
BVD Virus in Alpacas





Mobile Mating


The Ideal Alpaca - Suri & Huacaya

How to Select and Show Winners

Being the Best - Alpaca Registry - That We Can Be

AOBA Show Rules - 50/50 Rule

Marketing Your Alpacas

The American Alpaca Market: Ship of Fools? I Don't Think So!

Getting Started in the Alpaca Business

The American Alpaca Market in Retrospect

The Alpaca Market in the year 2018

Thee Alpaca Business, A Unique Opportunity

The Alpaca Market, Back To The Future

The  Alpaca Market Belongs To The Optimist

The Ideal Alpaca Community
 
How to Create the Ideal Alpaca Marketing Plan

New Kind of Alpaca Marketing Co-Op

How to Participate in a "New Kind of Alpaca Marketing Cooperative"

What is the value of a gelding alpaca?

Alpaca History

The Quechua People: An Abandoned Race

Quechua Benefit: An Expanding Mission in the Andes

Quechua Benefit: The Mission in the Andes

The Joy of Alpacas

The World's Finest Alpaca Breeder

In Search Of The World's Finest Alpacas 

Chacu: Peru Reinstates Incan Rules of Vicuna Conservation to Save an Endangered Species

A New Dawn in the Ancient Andes

A Conversation with Don Julio Barreda

Alpacas, Sun, And Surf

Alpacas Down Under

Alpaca Industry Issues

The ARI is Doing the Right Thing

The Tale of the ARI Database

The Alpaca Registry and the International Llama Registry: A History

Our Future: Alpaca Breed Standards or Flip of the Coin?

A Standard of Excellence

Canadian Registry & ARI Registry Reciprocity Issues: A History 

The Case For Closure(1998)

The new farm

The Present Farm

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