Articles
All these articles are taken from Alpaca World Magazine. Visit the website for more articles or to subscribe.
- Alpacas - why bother?
- John Gaye sets out to answer the question
- The Alpaca Brand – Fact or Fiction?
- Maggie Krieger contemplates the various alpaca 'brands'
- Camelid Handling Secrets
- The amazing Marty McGee Bennett gives away her tips on handling alpacas
- Selection, Judging and Showmanship
- An international judge discusses showing alpacas
- An Introduction to Alpaca Sex
- Chas Brooke on the mating game
- Gestation
- A short article looking at the uncertainties of gestation
- The Prepartum Alpaca
- Some useful observations on late pregnancy and birth in alpacas
- Winter Birthing
- Preparing for winter birthing
- Cria – Surviving the First Few Days
- Bringing a sick or weak cria through those first few days with plasma
- Colostral Transfer of Immunoglobulins
- Administering plasma to weak, newborn cria with low antibody levels
- Weaning
- Amy Haldane on weaning cria
- Stud Male Selection
- Allan Jinks on the important business of selecting a stud male
- Blood Counts
- Chas Brooke introduces alpaca genetics and breeding
- Alpaca Reproduction – A Basic Guide For First Time Breeders
- Prize winning veterinary essay on alpaca reproduction and neonatology
- Surviving Peru
- On a recent alpaca purchasing expedition John Gaye encounters what he describes as the 'Peru Factor'
- Breeders in Peru – Old Hands and Young Pretenders
- John Gaye returns to Peru
- Stacking Up the Numbers: Planning and Tracking Your Business Success
- The following is the first of three extracts from Taking Care of Business: Tools for Success in the Alpaca Industry by Deb Hill of Cloud Dancer Alpacas
- Finding and Keeping Clients
- In Part Two of our series extracted from her book Taking Care of Business, Deb Hill of Cloud Dancer Alpacas reminds us that without customers we have no business
- The Bottom Line is Your Bottom Line: Thoughts on Alpaca Farm Finances
- Part Three of our series extracted from Deb Hill's book Taking Care of Business
- Dealing with Death in Camelids: Necropsy or Post-Mortem Exam
- There can be no reliable information on the cause of an animal's death if no post-mortem examination is done
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