Useful reading
Because alpacas are a relative newcomer to the UK and numbers are small compared with livestock found 'traditionally' on British farms and smallholdings, information about husbandry can be difficult to find. Below is a selection of some of the titles that are commonly referred to by alpaca breeders and owners.
The Complete Alpaca Book
Eric Hoffman with contributing authors
ISBN-10: 0-9721242-1-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-9721242-1-8
620 pages, 2006 (2nd edition)
Bonny Doon Press
Alpacas: Synthesis of a Miracle
Mike Safley
ISBN 0 970 9687 0 1
381 pages, 2001
Published by the author
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Animal Breeding and Production of
South American Camelids
R C Escobar
1984
Llamas and Alpacas
A Guide to Management
Gina Bromage
ISBN-10: 10-86126-884-X
ISBN-13: 978-1-86126-884-6
208 pages, 2006
The Crowood Press
The Camelid Companion: Handling and Training Your Alpacas and Llamas
Marty McGee Bennett
ISBN 0 9709916 0 6
400 pages, 2001
Raccoon Press
Caring for Llamas and Alpacas
Clare Hoffman and Ingrid Asmus
ISBN 0 9622768 2 0
171 pages, 4th edition 2003
Rocky Mountain Llama Association
Gold of the Andes, The Llamas, Alpacas, Vicunas and Guanacos
Jorge Flores Ochoa, Kim MacQuarrie and Javier Portus
ISBN: 8 489 1190 07
638 pages, 1994
Francis O Patthey & Sons
Llama and Alpaca Neonatal Care
Brad Smith, Karen Timm,
Patrick Long
ISBN 0 9646618 3 7
112 pages, 1996
Clay Press
Medicine and Surgery of
South American Camelids
Murray Fowler
ISBN 0 8138 0397
549 pages, 2nd edition 1998
Iowa State Press
