Fiber testing is a tool to help understand the different characteristics of the alpaca fiber that a farm is producing or to help validate the content of a graded bale of fiber.
Having an understanding of what you are improving is the basis for being able to use breeding strategies to transform the type of fleece that your herd is contributing to the industry.
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Fiber testing centers
With the closing of Yocum McCall Testing Lab, we are updating this page and links. Please check back for additional information as it becomes available.
* Alpaca Fiber Testing USA
Owned and managed by Ian Watt, is proud to be the original provider of the OFDA2000 fiber testing system to US alpaca breeders since 2006. Despite consistent and ill-founded criticism of the technology and reporting abilities of the system, over 1000 alpaca breeders are on our client list and it grows each testing year!
U.S. ALPACA FIBER COUNCIL 