La reina biopsy

Skin Biopsy Report

The ORIGINAL 100% Alpaca Density Test™

Date of test: 8 June 2011

Alpaca Name: Koyuki

Owner name and address: Renaissance Ridge Alpacas

Mt Aukum CA

Alpaca breed: Huacaya

Alpaca age: 34 months

Alpaca color: White

Alpaca sex: Female

Data details:

Density: 51.7 /mm2

Secondary:Primary fiber ratio: 10.1 :1

In-skin mean primary fiber diameter: 26.7μ Standard Deviation: 3.5 μ Range: 20.3 μ to 31.6 μ

In-skin mean secondary fiber diameter: 17.2 μ Standard Deviation: 2.9 μ Range: 9.7 μ to 29.1 μ

Average Daily Fleece Growth: see OFDA 2000 report supplied separately

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Sample biopsy photograph:

No photograph available due to damaged skin section

Fiber population histogram:

Comments:

Good density, good S:P ratio and a slightly wider than expected fiber population differential (for a white

female huacaya). However, if this animal is a product of colored parents, these figures are better than average and should she be really a genetic color, not white, in her genotype, these numbers bode well for colored progeny.

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.

© Alpaca Consulting Services USA October 2009