The Alpaca Chronicles takes the reader on a journey that began forty million years ago. You will experience the North American home of the original camelids and walk with them along the length of the Pacific coast to the Bering land bridge, into Asia, or trek south through Panama to the grass pampas of the Southern hemisphere, where these even-toed refugees from North America became guanacos and vicuñas.

Learn how alpacas made their way back to North America after a twelve-thousand-year absence. Then discover the industry that grew around the gentle, doe-eyed alpacas beginning in 1984.

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In Alpacas: Synthesis of a Miracle, I set forth the methods of selection and the classic livestock breeding systems necessary to organize and promote genetic gain. But, any “gain” will be subjective and haphazard without some kind of breed standard against which we can judge the outcomes of our breeding efforts. I have written Ideal Alpacas: From Myth to Reality to evoke, by both picture and word, the presence of a highly evolved, productive alpaca.

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Alpacas: Synthesis of a Miracle is compelling reading for anyone who owns or breeds alpacas, or anyone merely interested in the history of these enchanting animals whose high-quality fiber was once worn only by the Sun Kings who ruled the Incas.

Covering 15 years of personal experience breeding alpacas, dozens of trips to Peru, and conversations with Peruvian breeders and textile manufacturers, this book is essential reading for the serious alpaca breeder.

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The Alpaca Shepherd walks both new and experienced breeders through the process of building barns and fences, caring for cria, breeding and reproduction, delivering babies and creating a breeding program. The text is accessible and easy to understand, free of jargon and technical terms.

The book is based on the author's 20 years of hands on experience with alpacas and was edited by prominent Alpaca Veterinarian Dr. Paul Jones. The resource section is a comprehensive guide about where to buy everything from fences to fine alpaca sweaters.

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"Where the Andes Meet the Amazon" is a lavishly-illustrated, coffee-table style book that portrays some of the biological, ethnographic, and historical diversity of one of the largest protected rainforest areas in the world: the fabulously rich wilderness areas of Bahuaja-Sonene and Madidi National Parks. This handsome, 336-page book is illustrated with 336 color photographs from the award-winning photographer, André Bärtschi, and is written by the multiple-Emmy winning writer and filmmaker, Kim MacQuarrie. Both the author and photographer have spent years roaming the Andes and the Amazon; between them, they have collaborated on a simply stunning book.

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This second edition continues the highly successful presentation of all concepts related to animal breeding. Keeping math to a minimum, the book requires no prior experience in genetics or statistics. It is easy to read and understand, organized in a format that stresses application before explaining theory in order to ensure a better overall understanding of the material. This "application before theory" approach gives the reader a better perspective on the application of theoretical concepts, so that the concepts then take on more meaning.

Virtually every element crucial to the successful breeding of animals is covered in this text, including Mendelian inheritance, simple inherited and polygenic traits, genetic prediction, large-scale genetic evaluation, correlated response to selection, multiple trait selection, and extensive coverage of mating systems, strategies and techniques. Diagrams are used liberally to illustrate statistical concepts. Key ideas are defined in the margins when they are first introduced in the text, and key terms are also listed in the glossary for quick reference. This second edition provides the most technologically up-to-date information available.