Alpaca Skin Biopsies (Dr. Norm Evans & Ian Watt) We agonize over terms like ‘zipper crimp versus French fry crimp,’ ‘lock structure ’and ‘degrees of luster’. We cart our alpacas around the country and compete in halter and fleece shows, hoping to learn more as to the worth of our animals as they measured against…
1. Density is a measurement of how tightly packed individual fibers exist on an alpaca fleece. 2. Technically, density measures the relative number of fibers which exist within a square millimeter of space 3. The more fibers per square millimeter, the denser the alpaca will be. 4. Density plus long staple length ensures a fine…