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Given that alpacas are native to mountainous regions in South America, they do not deal with heat and humidity in this country well. That is why most parts of US shear their herds early Spring so they have as little fiber growth as possible heading i

We get so many curious visitors to our farm each year and inevitably they ask, "what do you do with alpacas?". Well, the answer is simple: Anything!. There are several levels of alpaca ownership making them very affordable and versatile as pets or as

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Thank you for your interest in this new article. This is a comprehensive review of color dilution genetics in alpacas, and results of a 10 year long study into dilution inheritance on our farm ! This article has been published in the current issue of

Working in the field of human embryology for my entire life and freezing literally thousands of eggs and embryos, it was only a matter of time before I decided to try to freeze alpaca embryos. Historically all of the literature recording various atte

Thank you for reading our amazing study into alpaca embryology!

Time of Breeding Can Influence Cria Gender Ratios in AlpacasKim Gleason, PhD1, Lynn Edens2, Arturo Pena21 Dancing Horse Farm, Pemberton, NJ 08068, 2 Little Creek Farm, North Salem, NY 10560 The control of gender for economic gains in livestock produc

There are so many common poisonous or noxious plants, trees and berries in our region that we have to watch out for around our alpacas. We hear of these over and over: wild cherry, buttercups, red oak, azalea, rhododendron, hemlock, the list goes o

In recent years, US alpaca breeders’ continued efforts to produce incremental improvements in alpaca phenotypes, combined with the related and parallel trend of loss of genetic diversity within the closed US alpaca population, has increased interest

Can a Cria’s Immunity Be Predicted By the Dam’s IgG Before Birth?Kim Gleason1, PhD, Lynn Edens2, and Arturo Pena21 Dancing Horse Farm, Pemberton, NJ; 2Little Creek Farm, North Salem, NYThat is one question that Kim Gleason and Lynn Edens asked over a

We are very proud to announce that the first part of our year-long research study has been accepted for publication in the prestigious scientific veterinary journal, Theriogenology. I was thrilled to have our work recognized by the scientific communi

Alpacas are South American camelids, cousins to the larger framed llama and smaller deer-like vicuna. The majority of alpacas come from Chile, Bolivia, and the mountains of

They say a watched pot never boils. Nothing could be more true when anticipating an alpaca birth. We spend countless hours staring at our pregnant females looking for signs of impending labor, despite the fact that there is no real consistency of w

Thank you for your interest in our articles. This article has been submitted to Alpacas Magazine and has been accepted. Please look for us in this 2013 spring issue!!!


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There's so much information out there about alpacas and the alpaca industry today that quite often new folks thinking about first time investing in alpacas can become overwhelmed and confused. At Dancing Horse Farm, we're not only involved in agricul