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Updated June 2012
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Contents
Llamas and Alpacas on the Farm
Introduction
Llamas or alpacas can be a good addition to a
farm or ranch—alpacas as an alternative live-
stock enterprise and llamas as guard animals or
recreational animals.
ey
t well into a diversi-
ed farming operation. Marginal pastureland is
suitable for raising llamas and alpacas, with some
supplemental feeding under certain conditions.
ere are currently more than 158,000 (SCLA,
2009) llamas and more than 170,000 registered
alpacas in North America (Berman, 2011).
Both llamas and alpacas are members of the
Camelidae
family. Modi
ed ruminants with a
three-compartment stomach, they have cloven
hooves and chew a cud like sheep and cattl
e young of both llamas and alpacas are called crias.
Although they were previously classi
ed under
the same genus as llamas, the alpaca genus was
changed from lama to vicugna in 2001 following
genetic analysis showing that the alpaca descends
from the vicuña, not the guanaco (Kadwell et al.,
2001). Other members of the family, guanaco and
vicuña, are wild animals classed as endangered
species and protected from hunting in South
America.
e llama and alpaca have been domesticated
in South America for many centurie
ere the
llama is used as a beast of burden, a
ber source,
and as a meat sourc
e alpaca is used primar-
ily fo
ber production but is also a meat source
in South America.
Llamas and alpacas are quiet, intelligent, eas-
ily trained animals that can provid
eece and
potentially a variety of services to the owner.
ey are adaptable to di
erent climates and
terrains. Alpacas and llamas
er a comparatively
Llamas or alpacas can be a good addition to a fa
rm or ranchŠan alternative livestock enterprise
on marginal pastureland that fits well into a diversified farming operation. This publication
discusses considerations for raising llamas and alpacas,
including regulations, ma
rketing, nutrition, care,
reproduction, and handling.
Introduction ………………….1
Regulations for Llamas
and Alpacas …………………..2
Llamas ……………………………2
Alpacas …………………………..3
Marketing Animals
and Products …………………3
Nutrition ………………………..6
Physical and
Social Environment ……..7
Animal Care …………………..7
Reproduction………………..9
Handling
and Transport …………….10
References …………………..11
Further Resources ……..12
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