The Alpaca Handbook: The Complete Guide to Raising a Happy and Healthy Herd
Rebecca Gill
The Alpaca Handbook is the essential guide to raising, feeding, breeding, selling, and enjoying alpacas on the farm—whether you’re raising them for fun or for profit. In this book, you’ll learn everything you need to know to become a successful alpaca owner. Not only will you gain knowledge about keeping alpacas through every stage of their lives, you’ll also be able to create a happy, healthy home for your alpaca herd and avoid the classic mistakes that prohibit many alpaca owners from living the lifestyle they want.
The Camelid Care Handbook for Alpaca & Llama Owners: Foundations of Care (Volume 1)
Claire E. Whitehead
In the Camelid Care Handbook for Alpaca and Llama Owners, Claire Whitehead, a seasoned veterinarian and the UK’s foremost camelid specialist, offers a practical and comprehensive guide to caring for your animals. Whether you’re a new owner, considering your first alpacas or an experienced breeder, this book will give you the confidence to keep your animals healthy, prevent problems and know exactly what to do if things go wrong.
Alpaca Field Manual
Dr. Norm Evans
From the first page; “It has been my observation that some owners and some veterinarians have personalities that clash. As a young veterinarian, I felt much pressure to provide an answer or solution for every question or problem. I even had an ego that was ruffled when I was challenged on a case. Usually, that mentality passes when we are humbled by 4 or 5 years of practice and communication experience. My veterinary colleagues are much more apt to resource other colleagues as well as utilize computer skills to access camelid knowledge. We have to realize that the camelid industry is still in its infancy, and only the tip of the iceberg has been touched for research endeavors.
The Alpaca Breeding Book: Alpaca Reproduction and Behavior
K. D. Galbraith
The Alpaca Breeding Book is an essential tool for the new alpaca breeder. Have success raising alpacas and learn how to get alpacas pregnant easily with proven techniques, find out why alpacas breed differently than other livestock and why their behavior plays an important role in breeding successfully, and discover different breeding methods and great tips on how to improve your herd.
Medicine and Surgery of Camelids
Murray E. Fowler
Medicine and Surgery of Camelids is the classic comprehensive reference on llamas, alpacas, vicunas, guanacos, and camels. With information on topics ranging from nutrition and management to infectious diseases and emergency care, this book provides information on the health and maintenance of these species.
The Frugal Alpaca Farmer: A Holistic Approach to Success
Ingrid Wood
The content of her book is well organized and offers valuable insight based on her research, experiences, and lessons learned over more than two decades of owning a small farm. Ingrid candidly discusses thought-provoking issues and clearly spells out positive as well as negative aspects of alpaca farming. An open mind, common sense, and frugality must prevail if you wish to build and maintain a viable farm business. Reading The Frugal Alpaca Farmer will help you reach your goals.
Caring for Llamas and Alpacas: A Health and Management Guide
Claire Hoffman, DVM, and Ingrid Asmus
This book is a guide to llama health care practices, first aid procedures, and general management. It was designed to help you distinguish between situations that need to be watched for a while or that you can treat, versus cases that need immediate veterinary attention. It is not meant to replace the vet, but rather to alert you as to when you need vet assistance.
The Camelid Companion: Handling and Training Your Alpacas & Llamas
Marty McGee Bennett
This new book has detailed information on every aspect of camelid ownership- everything from wool to weaning and herding to halter fit. Chapters on Medical Herd Management, Herd Maintenance and Husbandry guide you through everything from the birth of a baby to coping with emergencies, to assisting your veterinarian with medical procedures.
Llama and Alpaca Neonatal Care
Bradford B Smith, Bradford B. Smith, Patrick O. Long
A course on the care of parturient and newborn llamas and alpacas (kept as pets), has been held regularly at Oregon State University, and the contents of the course are presented in this book, aimed mainly at owners of these animals. Chapters include anatomy, physiology, stages of labor, dystocias, care and problems of the newborn and dam. It also includes items for first aid kit and glossary of terms.