RR Guns Kit Carson

The ORIGINAL 100% Alpaca Density Test™

Skin Biopsy Report

Date of test: 5 June 2011

Alpaca Name: Kit Carson

Owner name and address: Renaissance Ridge Alpacas

Mt Aukum CA

Alpaca breed: Huacaya

Alpaca age: 22 months

Alpaca color: Light Silver Grey

Alpaca sex: Male

Data details:

Density: 57.9 /mm2

Secondary:Primary fiber ratio: 9.8 :1

In-skin mean primary fiber diameter: 22.3μ Standard Deviation: 3.2 μ Range: 16.5 μ to 30.1 μ

In-skin mean secondary fiber diameter: 13.7 μ Standard Deviation: 2.5 μ Range: 8.2 μ to 21.5 μ

Average Daily Fleece Growth: see OFDA 2000 report supplied separately

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Sample biopsy photograph:

Fiber population histogram:

Comments:

These are very good figures for a light grey huacaya male. High density coupled with an excellent set of numbers for the secondary fiber population give this male potential as a significant sire in his color group, a group not known for its uniformity within each fiber population. This is a significant animal for silver grey alpacas where the black fibers tend to be very strong in micron and vary across the staple in most alpacas of this color.

The results of this test are from a minimum 500 follicle count of a biopsy provided by the owner and

processed by a national histology laboratory operating in California, USA, read through both a

specifically adapted imaging program and laboratory operator, with the data moderated to account

for shrinkage in the processing of the biopsy.

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