BHA Peruvian White Knight
Dam: BHA Peruvian
Misty Dawn
Follicle Skin Biopsy Testing
Done by Jim Watts
SRS Alpacas Australia
December 14, 2006
Tested at 19 Months
Skin Biopsy Results:
BHA Peruvian White Knight Register no :
JW0834
19 month old white Huacaya alpaca male
Sire: PCA Accoyo El Nino Dam: BHA Peruvian Misty
Dawn
DENSITY: LENGTH:
Mean fibre diameter (microns) 21.1 Crimps per cm
2.75
Secondary follicle to primary follicle ratio 11.3
Fibre growth rate (mm per day) 0.38
Follicle density (per mm2) 62.2 Fibre length to
staple length ratio 0.99
SKIN THICKNESS (mm compressed): 1.98
CYLINDRICAL FIBRES (%):
DIAMETER DISTRIBUTION OF
PRIMARY
AND
SECONDARY
FIBRES
PRIMARY FIBRES
SECONDARY FIBRES
Mean (μm)
32.2
20.2
SD (μm)
5.3
3.5
CV (%)
16.5
17.4
Min (μm)
23.0
8.0
Max (μm)
52.0
28.0
Medullation
(%)
100%
97%
Pigmented (%)
nil
nil
Fibre diameter (microns) Number of fibres
Skin and fleece tests conducted by Dr. J.E. Watts
M.V.Sc., Ph.D. 14 December 2006
Champion Alpacas
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