Transporters

Mike Cates

Animal Transport

Springdale, WA

Mike Cates
shortnotice@msn.com
509-981-4437
Home: 509-258-4426
fax: 509-258-9449

Wings & A Prayer Alpaca Transport

Alpaca Taxi, VIP transportation
www.wapalpacas.com
Randy and Barbara Coleman
7051 S Barnards Road
Canby, Oregon 97013
USA
Randy Coleman
1stclass@canby.com
503-310-9367
Home: 503-263-6944
fax: 503-263-6944

Jimmy Stepp

Transporting Alpacas for You by Alpaca Owner/Breeder.
www.rollingthunderfarms.com/pages/transporting.htm
Jimmy and Nancy Stepp
5837 E. Los Angeles Avenue
Somis , CA 93066
USA
Jimmy Stepp
805-312-4052
Home: 805-386-2001

Jim Cocking Alpaca Transporter servicing the entire country.

Low Stress Alpaca Transport
www.kentuckycriations.com
Kentucky Criations
949 Moody Pike
Shelbyville, Kentucky 40065
USA
Jim Cocking
502-633-7625
phone: 502-235-4617
kentuckycriations@earthlink.net

Wally White

Durango, CO

Wally White
wallyllama@frontier.net
970-382-0026
Cell: 970-749-3677
fax: 970-382-9787

Conrad Grillo

Wells, VT

phone: 802-236-0291

Randy Welman

Specialized Alpaca Transportation
www.americanstylefarms@pacbell.net
3401 S.Timber St.
Santa Ana, CA 92707

714-540-1411
phone: 949-466-4193
fax: 714-979-3143
www.alpacamovers.com 

Paca Porter - First Class Alpaca Transport

Alpaca Transport, Focusing on mid-US (TX/CO) to Maine., Pricing and Terms Contact us for a quote. Reasonable prices. Health certificates, insurance, and liability release required., Additional Details NC, SC, TN, VA, OH, WV, KY, PA, IN, GA, AL, FL, MI, MD, NY, VT, ME, NH, RI, TX, CO, AR - other states on request.
www.belleauwood.com
BelleauWood Farms Alpacas
2500 Ridge Road
Charlotte, NC 28269

Erin, Steven & Megan McCarthy
(704) 907-7512
phone: 704-503-7369
fax: 704-503-7369 Call First
macarthys@belleauwood.com

Fireweed Alpacas

Alpaca Transport
fireweed-alpacas.com
Teri Phipps
2280 Camelback Road
Maidens, VA 23102

David Schieferstein
phone: 804-556-2526
fax: 804-556-2254
fireweed@boone.net

The Ideal Alpaca Community College is a great place to learn the ropes of the alpaca inudstry.  Looking to learn how to train your unruly alpacas?  Marketing got you down? Sheering not your thing?

These classes, offered at your farm or in groups around the country can put you on the right track.

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EPDs - The Path to Excellence

At first blush, animal breeding seems relatively simple.  If you believe ‘like begets like’ all you need to do is mate similar animals.  If you want a further edge-up, study pedigree.  If that is not good enough, you can measure phenotype making sure only the best are included in your breeding plan. 

The problem is none of these strategies is particularly effective, and many of the beliefs that breeders rely on are black magic.  Myth makes the animal improvement equation more complex than it need be.  Before we can get on to steady measurable improvement, we must sweep a few myths out of the closet.
 
One of the more pervasive myths in the alpaca industry is, ‘The best way to select elite breeding stock is by analyzing their phenotype.’   It is closely followed in importance, by the myth that ‘pedigree equals breeding value.’   I think is it is fair to say that breeders’ faith in pedigree often takes on mythic proportions, but their faith is not born from the science of genetics.  But, before I get to that we need to critically analyze the role that phenotype and pedigree play in breed improvement programs.

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