Winter - Classical MileEnd Alpacas

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Issue 22 Winter 2007 / 08
ISSN 1477–7088
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The only independent magazine reporting on the international alpaca industry. Distributed by subscription worldwide and
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Down here in the South West of England we have all decamped to Noah's Ark and are
contemplating a trip to a land where the roads and ditches are not raging torrents and the
alpacas are fluffballs rather than soggy looking things with felted fleeces.
The weather apart, let's hope that 2008 is a good year for all alpaca breeders and that the doom
and gloom – housing market, lack of credit, bluetongue – lifts sooner rather than later. There is
the Futurity on February 16 and 17 at Newbury Racecourse to look forward to, the British Alpaca
Society Spring Show and Sale at the
Bristol Sales Centre at the end of March,
and of course if you are feeling flush
the World Alpaca Conference 2008 in
Sydney, Australia.
Meanwhile back at home there is plenty
of advice in this issue from veterinarian
Claire Whitehead on how to keep your
herd healthy during the winter and the
importance of body scoring as well as
news from Europe from our contributors
Nigel Cobb in Spain, Hilary Shenton in
Italy and Andy Spillane in France.
Inside Alpaca World Magazine Winter 2007 / 08
NEWS
04 British Alpaca Futurity 2008
06 Winter Slows Bluetongue
06 BAS Registry Audit
06 Standardising Health Issues
06 A Show for the Dutch and Belgians
06 Mange Project
06 Show Notice
06 French Show and Sale
08 East German Show
08 Wills and Alpacas
08 SWAG Spring Show and Sale
10 Alpaca on the Menu
SPECIAL FEATURES
12 Genomic Era
32 From Dromedary to Drugs
44 Winter Worries ?
FEATURES
27 Distant Echoes
54 Potato
58 Changing Lives
HEALTH AND Welfare
18 It Always Happens on a Bank Holiday
22 The Watchdogs
Foreign Correspondence
36 Her Outback
50 Moving On
64 Italian Job
68 Letter from France
OVERVIEW
38 Why Alpacas ?
ADVERTISING Features
35 BCF Technology
Cover: Gaia Dakalo
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