Fibre production in South American camelids and other fibre animals

This book, 'Fibre production in South American camelids and other fibre animals', covers the latest advances in the main fields of animals producing fibre. It deals with a wide scope of fibre animals and a great variety of subjects and is supported by the Animal Fibre Working Group belonging to the European Association of Animal Production. The book can be considered a valuable attempt to prepare the fibre production sector for rapid changes and innovations arising within a globalised world. The focus lies on fibre animals such as alpacas, llamas, vicunas and guanacos, but recent research on sheep, goats and rabbits is also included. The most important themes addressed are meat and fibre production, breeding and genetics, nutrition, reproduction, management, and health. Finally, the book closes with specialised discussions on fibre production related topics, which for example provide a more in-depth look at common management denominators between South American camelids and other fibre animals. The book addresses scientists, professionals, technicians, farmers, specialised governmental policy makers and students all around the world who are involved in fibre animal production (such as sheep, camelids, goats, or rabbits). This book will present them with the most current findings in this area. Front Matter....Pages 1-11 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Genetic variability of fleece shedding in the Martinik hair, Romane sheep breeds and their crossbreds....Pages 15-24 Suri/Huacaya phenotype inheritance in alpaca ( Vicugna pacos )....Pages 25-34 Producing alpaca fibre for the textile industry....Pages 35-40 Front Matter....Pages 41-41 External effects for the quantity and quality of fibre in Guanacos....Pages 43-49 Genetic and non-genetic factors influencing fibre quality of Arkharmerino × Ghezel and Arkharmerino × Moghani crossbreeds of sheep in third generation....Pages 51-58 Differences in fibre diameter profile between shearing periods in white Huacaya Alpacas (Vicugna pacos) ....Pages 59-64 Fibre production and fibre characteristics of alpacas farmed in United States....Pages 65-72 Diversity and comparison of wool parameters in 31 different American and European ovine breeds....Pages 73-78 Testing objective metrics for the differentiation of coat colours in a Spanish alpaca population....Pages 79-84 Front Matter....Pages 85-85 Analysis of the mitochondrial diversity of alpacas in eight farming areas of the south of Peru....Pages 87-91 Asip and MCIR cDNA polymorphism in alpaca....Pages 93-96 Genetic diversity in Malabari goats....Pages 97-106 Genetic parameters for growth of fibre diameter in alpacas....Pages 107-110 Comparison of different breeding strategies to improve alpaca fibre production in a low-input production system....Pages 111-121 Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genetic diversity of Vicugna vicugna mensalis in Bolivia....Pages 123-130 Association of myostatin gene ( MSTN ) polymorphism with economic traits in rabbits....Pages 131-133 Growth hormone gene in llama (Lama glama): characterisation and SNPs identification....Pages 135-139 Alpaca sperm chromatin evaluation using Toluidine Blue....Pages 141-144 Derivation of economic values for fibre diameter fleece weight in alpacas....Pages 145-150 A microsatellite study on the genetic distance between Suri and Huacaya phenotypes in Peruvian alpaca ( Vicugna pacos) ....Pages 151-159 Front Matter....Pages 85-85 Genetic differentiation of six Peruvian alpaca populations....Pages 161-166 Front Matter....Pages 167-167 Lactation in llamas ( Lama glama): estimating milk intake and output using stable isotope techniques....Pages 169-175 Feed preferences and recipe alternatives for alpacas in a Hungarian zoo....Pages 177-183 Front Matter....Pages 185-185 A cross-border wool project supports the conservation of the Alpines Steinschaf....Pages 187-194 Investing in the development of South American campesino camelid economies: the experience of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)....Pages 195-199 Building and scaling up knowledge on camelids....Pages 201-207 Preliminary study of body measurements on alpacas in northern Italy....Pages 209-213 Front Matter....Pages 215-215 Orthopaedic problems in llamas and alpacas: clinical and radiological aspects....Pages 217-221 Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains isolated from neonatal Peruvian alpacas ( Vicugna pacos )with diarrhea....Pages 223-228 Front Matter....Pages 229-229 Changes in suckling behaviour during lactation in llamas ( Lama glama )....Pages 231-231 Anatomical imaging of blood vessels for venipuncture in South American camelids....Pages 232-232 Alpaca breeding and production prospects in the United States....Pages 233-233 Front Matter....Pages 229-229 Common management denominators between South American camelids and other fibre animals....Pages 237-239 South American camelids health....Pages 241-241