Alpaca Fiber Testing USA
A completely new, extended and innovative fiber testing service for United States alpaca breeders!
A Rebuttal to Negative Comments and Innuendo about the OFDA2000 US Service to Alpaca Breeders
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Alpaca Fiber Testing USA is proud to announce the purchase of the OFDA2000 technology from the IWG company, inventors and developers of the OFDA 2000 technology and equipment.
This is a first for the USA and offers American alpaca breeders a testing and interpretive service unequalled anywhere in the world.
The OFDA 2000 offers two distinct reports to breeders and growers:
- A standard fiber test report incorporating:
- staple length
- average fiber diameter (measured over the length of the fiber)
- standard deviation
- co-efficient of variation
- fibers over 30 micron (expressed as a percentage), and
- a histogram
- An average fiber profile incorporating:
- fiber length
- variations in micron along the fiber length, and
- maximum and minimum micron readings
The OFDA 2000 test has three major advantages over the traditional US butt sample test:
- the test covers the whole of the length of the fiber and more truly reflects the production value of the fleece over a year
- the test provides an average fiber profile allowing breeders, and growers, to assess husbandry and environmental effects over the production year, and
- the test allows breeders an insight into the effect of micron blow out in both individual animals and bloodlines within a herd
The OFDA 2000 testing regime provides breeders with excellent animal and herd assessment tools for:
- making future breeding decisions
- assessing past breeding decisions
- assessing the effect of environment and management on breeding decisions, and
- offers an excellent opportunity to assess current and past management practices
By comparison, the butt sample test reveals production details on one day of the production year.
The Alpaca Fiber Testing USA Advantage offers breeders and growers much more than just a simple fiber test:
- a standard fiber test with a written commentary on the histogram
- the average fiber profile with a written report on what the profile might suggest in terms of micron for color and age, possible effects of nutrition and climate and an assessment of the mothering ability of the dam (for cria samples), and
- private access to a secure website where your test results can be compared to the average for your animals on the basis of geographic region, huacaya or suri, color, sex and age
No other test provider offers this level of service to its customers anywhere in the world!
Alpaca Fiber Testing USA also offers a fast processing turnaround time of three business days (from receipt of sample) for out of season testing—September to March—with other times of the year, samples being processed on a strict “as they come” basis.
And we provide discounts for seven or more test samples with further discounts for larger orders!
1 to 6 tests inclusive: $15
7 and more tests: $12
Download the Sample Information Sheet (new window, PDF, 134KB)
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Alpaca Fiber Testing USA is owned and operated by Alpaca Consulting USA.
For further information, contact Ian Watt at
Alpaca Consulting Services USA
1540 San Bernardo Creek Road
Morro Bay California 93442
+ 1 805 772 1774
