The Complete Alpaca Book
Publisher: Bonny Doon Press, LLC
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Santa Cruz, California, USA
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 620
ISBN-13: 9780972124218
Notes: 2nd edition revised
Table of contents: title: Section One - NATURAL HISTORY AND ECOLOGY; title: Ch. 1 Classification, Prehistory and History 3; title: Ch. 2 Behavior and Communication 33; title: Ch. 3 Anatomy and Conformation 57; title: Section Two - MANAGEMENT; title: Ch. 4 Husbandry 85; title: Ch. 5 Restraint 123; title: Ch. 6 Taming and Training 135; title: Ch. 7 Shows 143; title: Ch. 8 Transportation 159; title: Ch. 9 Feeding the Alpaca 179; title: Section Three - FIBER; title: Ch. 10 Fiber Processing, Characteristics, and Nomenclature 235; title: Ch. 11 Fleece Preparation and Shearing 319; title: Section Four - REPRODUCTION AND NEONATOLOGY; title: Ch. 12 Male Reproduction 335; title: Ch. 13 Female Reproduction 361; title: Ch. 14 Obstetrics and Neonatology 397; title: Section Five - MEDICINE AND HERD HEALTH; title: Ch. 15 On-Farm Assessment and Diagnosis 415; title: Ch. 16 Routine Herd Health 427; title: Ch. 17 Parasitology 433; title: Ch. 18 Unusual Parasitic Diseases 437; title: Ch. 19 Husbandry and Care on the Altiplano 447; title: Ch. 20 Infectious Multisystemic Diseases 455; title: Ch. 21 Noninfectious Multisystemic Diseases 469; title: Ch. 22 Geriatric Alpacas 493; title: Ch. 23 Poisons 501; title: Section Six - GENETICS; title: Ch. 24 Basic Genetic Principles and Implications for Breeding 521; title: Ch. 25 Genetics of Fiber Type and Coat Color 539; title: Ch. 26 Breeding to Improve Fleece Quality 561; title: Ch. 27 Maintaining a DNA Registry for the Good of the Breed 569; title: Index