RR Tempest

Skin Biopsy Report

The ORIGINAL 100% Alpaca Density Test™

Date of test: 6 June 2011

Alpaca Name: Tempest

Owner name and address: Renaissance Ridge Alpacas

Mt Aukum CA

Alpaca breed: Huacaya

Alpaca age: 22 months

Alpaca color: True Black

Alpaca sex: Female

Data details:

Density: 49.5 /mm2

Secondary:Primary fiber ratio: 10.3 :1

In-skin mean primary fiber diameter: 24.2μ Standard Deviation: 3.5 μ Range: 18.4 μ to 30.5 μ

In-skin mean secondary fiber diameter: 15.8 μ Standard Deviation: 2.5 μ Range: 10.2 μ to 24.1 μ

Average Daily Fleece Growth: see OFDA 2000 report supplied separately

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Sample biopsy photograph:

Fiber population histogram:

Comments:

Good density supported by an above average S:P ratio and an good fiber population differential (for black)of just under 10 micron. The SD’s for each population show good numbers indicating that this alpaca would be well-suited to a dense male with a closer population differential of less than 9 micron.

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.