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                Resources 
                  Here you'll find sources of information on general and specialised topics that will be of interest as your business develops. Click on a link at the left.  
                   
                   
                  Breed societies
                  
                   
                   
                  Books
                  
                    
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                      The Complete Alpaca Book | 
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                      ISBN: 0-9646618-0-2 | 
                     
                    
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                      Eric Hoffman  | 
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                      NB: An essential for all new alpaca owners  | 
                       
                    
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                      Caring for Llamas  and Alpacas | 
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                      ISBN: 0-9622768-2-0 | 
                     
                    
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                      Clare Hoffman, Ingrid  Asmus | 
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                      Llama and Alpaca  Neonatal Care | 
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                      ISBN: 0-9646618-3-7 | 
                     
                    
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                      Bradford B.  Smith | 
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                      Medicine and  Surgery of South American Camelids | 
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                      ISBN:  0-8138-0397-7 | 
                     
                    
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                      Murray E.  Fowler, DVM | 
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                      If your vet is new to alpacas this will be of great assistance, though it's probably a bit too too high-brow for for the rest of us!  | 
                       
                    
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                      Synthesis of a  Miracle | 
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                      ISBN: 0-9709687-0-1 | 
                     
                    
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                      Michael Safley | 
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                      Animal  Breeding and Production of American Camelids | 
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                      ASIN:  B0006EMJNQ | 
                     
                    
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                      Rigoberto Calle  Escobar | 
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                      Most of these titles gan be bought through Amazon online books, though they do tend to run short sometimes. If you're really having trouble getting a title contact us and we'll do what we can.  | 
                       
                   
                   
                   
                  Magazines
                  
                    
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                      Alpaca World | 
                       
                    
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                      An indespensible  ‘What’s going on’ of the global alpaca world | 
                       
                    
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                      The Alpaca | 
                       
                    
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                      BAS  (British Alpaca Society) quarterly magazine | 
                       
                   
                   
                   
                  Dietary supplements 
                  
                   
                   
				  Alpaca end-product retailers 
                  
                  
                   
                   
				  Fibre laboratories (analysis)
                  
                   
                   
                    Veterinary resources
                    
                     
                    Fleece processing 
                    If you wish to  sell your fleece directly to a processor contact                    UkAlpaca 
                  If you want your  fleeces processed then returned as wool try                    Farrlacey Mini  Mill  
                                         Field shelters  
                    The following  manufacture and install field shelters. Some are ‘semi-permanent’, and some ‘mobile’.  The more geniunely mobile the shelter the higher the cost generally,  nonetheless this may be your best course if you have planning permission issues. 
                  
                   
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