Advanced fibre
ADVANCED FIBRE PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS
Learn or update your skills of breeding and selecting SRS® Alpacas including advanced alpaca fibre production & introducing advanced artificial reproduction techniques in alpacas.
The program of each of these days will:
- Teach breeders the effectiveness of the genetic pathway utilizing SRS® Breeding techniques.
- Examine live exhibits of various SRS® species: Angora, Merino and Alpaca.
- Investigate the latest information sourced from around Australia and internationally to see the levels of density and fineness achievable in the breed.
- Discuss fibre follicle development from primitive to advanced fleece types.
- Learn about advanced artificial reproduction techniques and its practical application on your farms.
The program for each day will be hands on practical training with SRS® presenters and breeders. Dr Jane Vaughan will also outline the latest in Embryo Transfer.
Proposed format for the day:
- Breeding objectives.
- Identifying fleece markers.
- Identifying the better and lesser animal.
- How to advance your herd.
- Processing performance.
- Nutrition in alpacas.
- Understanding the pre-papilla cell concept for producing advanced alpacas.
- Seeing the great advances already made in SRS® breeding of Merino sheep and Angora goats.
- Breeding strategies in more details.
- Artificial insemination and embryo transfer.
- Displays from different alpaca breeders.
Our main speakers for the day are:
Dr Jim Watts - Managing Director of SRS Company Pty Ltd, which operates a breeding quality assurance system throughout the Australian Alpaca industry and sets new standards for improved density and length of fibres grown by Alpacas. The outcome is more wool and finer wool of better processing qualities.
Dr Jane Vaughan - will give breeders
an insight into the most advanced artificial reproduction techniques
being applied to the alpaca worldwide as well as her recent success with
her own embryo transfer project in conjunction with Dr David Hopkins
of Bellarine Veterinary Practice.
However individual workshop is presented by different experts to keep
us informed with the latest breakthroughs in the industry.