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Basic Fibre Guide
A basic introduction to alpaca fibre, terminology, and common tools used by breeders.
Common Terminology
Amplitude
Apron
Blanket
Blend
Blowout
Britch
Brightness
Bundling
Carding
Character
Coverage
Crimp
Crinkle
Curl
Cuticle
Density
Felt
Fibre
Fineness
Fleece
Fleece Weight
Follicle
Frequency
Grading
Guard Hair
Handle
Histogram
Lustre
Mean Fibre Diameter
Medullation
Micron
Multi
Prime Fleece
Seconds/Second Cut
Shear/Shearing
Shorts
Shoulder
Skirt
Standard Deviation
Staple
Staple Length
Tender Fleece
Vegetable Matter (VM)
Yield
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Histograms
Estimated Progeny Differences (EPD)
Common Terminology
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