alpaca: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: NSW Government - Education - Animals in Schools - Alpacas. Nov 08, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Genetics of coat color and fiber production traits in llamas and alpacas. Aug 14, 2026
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Veterinary Science - Proteomic and functional analysis of alpaca (Vicugna pacos) sperm quality following in vitro capacitation with follicular and oviductal fluids. Aug 01, 2026
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Veterinary Science - Proteomic and functional analysis of alpaca (Vicugna pacos) sperm quality following in vitro capacitation with follicular and oviductal fluids. Nov 19, 2025
Add new Web site: BMC Genomics - Whole genome sequencing analysis of alpaca suggests TRPV3 as a candidate gene for the suri phenotype. Oct 09, 2025
Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - Hematologic parameters in female alpacas during age progression: a retrospective study. Aug 28, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - Alpaca (Vicugna pacos), the first nonprimate species with a phosphoantigen-reactive Vγ9Vδ2 T cell subset. May 21, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Nursing Behaviour in Alpacas: Parallels in the Andes and Central Europe, and a Rare Allonursing Occurrence. Dec 12, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Wisconsin-Madison - Extension Jefferson County - Llamas and Alpacas. Sep 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Oregon State University Extension Service - Tips and tricks to living with Llamas and Alpacas. May 29, 2024
Add new Web site: MSD Manual - Veterinary Manual - Llamas and Alpacas. Jan 05, 2024
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Alpaca. Aug 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - Hematologic parameters in female alpacas during age progression: a retrospective study. Apr 06, 2023
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Alpaca. Jan 16, 2023
Deleted video. May 11, 2021
Article revised and updated. May 07, 2021
Corrected display issue. Feb 12, 2020
Add new Web site: Smithsonian�s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute - Alpaca. Feb 26, 2019
Add new Web site: LiveScience - Facts About Alpacas. Feb 25, 2019
Media added. Oct 06, 2016
Add new Web site: University of Michigan - Museum of Zoology - Animal Diversity Web - Alpaca. Dec 19, 2013
Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Alpaca. Oct 11, 2013
Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Alpaca. Oct 10, 2013
Add new Web site: Animal Planet - Alpaca. Oct 10, 2013
"Wool" changed to "fleece" in seven instances relating to the fur of the huacaya and suri. Aug 04, 2010
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Alpaca. May 27, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Alpaca. Mar 18, 2008
Article revised. May 27, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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