Biological features and productivity of alpaca

Alpaca domestication took place more than 6000 years ago. The Indians of Peru discerned the potential in these animals, tamed them and began to breed. In the past, alpacas were called the "Inca gold": they could provide people with all the necessary resources for living. People dressed in...

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Main Authors: Ponomareva Arina I., Sycheva Irina N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade 2019-01-01
Series:Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1450-9156/2019/1450-91561904417P.pdf
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spelling doaj-76521088ec414226b3948b632c0c091d2020-11-25T02:28:23Zeng Institute for Animal Husbandry, BelgradeBiotechnology in Animal Husbandry1450-91562217-71402019-01-013544174231450-91561904417PBiological features and productivity of alpacaPonomareva Arina I.0Sycheva Irina N.1Russian State Agrarian University named K.A. Timiryazev, Moscow, RussiaRussian State Agrarian University named K.A. Timiryazev, Moscow, RussiaAlpaca domestication took place more than 6000 years ago. The Indians of Peru discerned the potential in these animals, tamed them and began to breed. In the past, alpacas were called the "Inca gold": they could provide people with all the necessary resources for living. People dressed in skins, ate meat, spun wool and made clothes, and used manure as fuel. An increase in the number of livestock on the Russian Alpaca and Capri farms favorably affects the further distribution of alpaca as a species in Russia. The possibility of recognition of alpaca as an agricultural animal will be the sale of wool, its processing, as well as the rejection of imported raw materials.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1450-9156/2019/1450-91561904417P.pdfalpacaandean sheepeco-farmwooltylopodacamelid
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Sycheva Irina N.
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Sycheva Irina N.
Biological features and productivity of alpaca
Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry
alpaca
andean sheep
eco-farm
wool
tylopoda
camelid
author_facet Ponomareva Arina I.
Sycheva Irina N.
author_sort Ponomareva Arina I.
title Biological features and productivity of alpaca
title_short Biological features and productivity of alpaca
title_full Biological features and productivity of alpaca
title_fullStr Biological features and productivity of alpaca
title_full_unstemmed Biological features and productivity of alpaca
title_sort biological features and productivity of alpaca
publisher Institute for Animal Husbandry, Belgrade
series Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry
issn 1450-9156
2217-7140
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Alpaca domestication took place more than 6000 years ago. The Indians of Peru discerned the potential in these animals, tamed them and began to breed. In the past, alpacas were called the "Inca gold": they could provide people with all the necessary resources for living. People dressed in skins, ate meat, spun wool and made clothes, and used manure as fuel. An increase in the number of livestock on the Russian Alpaca and Capri farms favorably affects the further distribution of alpaca as a species in Russia. The possibility of recognition of alpaca as an agricultural animal will be the sale of wool, its processing, as well as the rejection of imported raw materials.
topic alpaca
andean sheep
eco-farm
wool
tylopoda
camelid
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