Llama de Ayopaya: towards marketing of high quality fine fibre in the Bolivian Andes
Llama fibre has the reputation to be of minor quality and therefore, in the Bolivian highlands, llamas are increasingly being replaced by alpacas although the former are still the dominant species in Bolivia.Alpacas are less hardy in rough weather and rangeland conditions and do not share the transport force of llamas appreciated in the mixed systems.Moreover, it is often overseen that llamas possess a double coated fleece with a fine undercoat, and the fibre quality judgement is not sustained by current quality controls.Pertinent data are lacking as the llama fibre price in Bolivia actually does not account for quality differences.If however llamas possess special quality traits, they offer a unique marketing option in the disfavoured highland areas by utilizing the local genetic resource.
special quality product llama fibre Bolivian highlands
M.Siegmund-Schultze J.Delgado A.Stemmer A.Markemann A.Valle Zárate
Universitat Hohenheim,Institute of Animal Production in the Tropics and SubTropics,Garbenstr.17,7059 Universidad Mayor de San Simón,Cochabamba,Boliv ia
国际会议
呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）