SANTA CLARA

Status's fleece placed 2nd and took Judges choice at the NIAE show Oct, 09. His fleece also took 1st place and Reserve Color @ the Madison Show 4/25/2009. He took 1st place and Best Hand @ Madison fleece show 4/26/08, with all of the judges complimenting him on his fleece being absolutley wonderful for his age. Status is now 8 years old and holding onto everything. He is a big,strong,white Peruvian Male with Crimp, Density, and great conformation and personality. If you put your hands on him and meet him face to face you will absolutely fall in love with him. He was follicle tested by Norm Evans and Ian Watt. Norm Evans had this to say.."Status Symbol" shows a density of 64 follicles per SQ MM of skin. Average on about 1300 Huacayas at this point is 39.75 follicles per SQ MM. His S/P ratio from 4 fiber bundles is 13.25 to 1. Average on about 1300 Huacayas is 8.5 at this point. The 15 X scan demonstrates symmetrical bundle structure while the 250X scan shows a nice presence of glands to provide nutrition to the follicles and fibers. These glands should provide shine and luster to the fiber and appear to be highly genetic. This guy on biopsy appears to be the whole package with a density and S/P ratio that is well above the average. He rates in the top 5% of Huacaya males that I have evaluated. Ian Watt gave these results -The alpaca "Status Symbol' has high fibre density and moderate fibre length. Density 57.8 follicles per square millimeter. The primary fibres and secondary fibres are fine and uniform in diameter. Secondary follicle formation is extensive - the alpaca has a high secondary follicle to primary follicle ratio of 13.4 to 1. Considering the alpaca is 64 months old, the growth rate of the wool fibres (0.30 millimetres per day) is acceptable, and overall, the animal has tested very well for fibre density and length. Any one wanting a complete copy of either report please let us know we would be happy to forward it to you.