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Alpacas are shorn once per year and each animal produces about five to ten pounds of fleece per year.
Laserscan Micron Testing (Histograms) are done by Yocom-McColl Testing Laboratories. A fleece sample, usually from the alpaca's side, is sent in for testing.
Indicates fineness. The lower the AFD the finer the fleece. Anything under 25 is considered very good, especially for an adult. Fineness is influenced by age, sex, hormones, diet and other factors.
Indicates how much the diameter of each fiber varied from the other fibers in the sample. The smaller the standard deviation, the more uniform the fleece and the better the handle or softer feel to the fleece.
Also indicates the uniformity of a fleece using the AFD and SD. A fleece with a CV under 20 is very uniform. A CV over 30 is not very uniform.
Coarser fibers also called medullated fibers or guard hair.
We will strive, continually, to improve our herd with each breeding.
Our goal is to produce finer, denser, and more uniform fleeces on our alpacas.
Dave & Karen G.
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Need more information? Take a look at some of the references we use. There are excellent books on raising and breeding these wonderful animals
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Dave & Karen Galbraith
P.O. Box 820
Talihina, Oklahoma 74571
(918) 563-4245
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