“In Good to Great, Jim Collins shows that all great companies define and pursue a hedgehog strategy. That’s the intersection between what the company can be best at in the world, what it’s passionate about, and what makes money. Talent is the seed for passion, since you tend to like the things you are good [...]
The following is a letter from AOBA President, David Barboza that was sent to AOBA members: I’m writing to tell you about an important decision made by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and about one of the many benefits of your AOBA membership. In July 2008, the FDA published a proposed order that would [...]
The alpaca genome has been completely sequenced! It has 2.8 billion base pairs. Pictured above is Nyala’s Accoyo Empress Carlotta. She was the alpaca used for the sequencing. Scientists from Harvard, MIT, Washington University of St. Louis, and the National Cancer Institute all worked on this project. Carly’s DNA was broken into millions of pieces [...]
The white-spotting gene can be a downer because it is what creates blue-eyed white alpacas. Since 60% of blue-eyed whites are deaf, and 99.9% of blue-eyed white males will not be used for breeding, many breeders shy away from breeding any animals with the white-spotting gene. So why breed to it? Because that is what [...]
Last weekend I was fortunate enough to hear Andy Merriwether, PhD of Nyala Farm Alpacas speak on the topic of color genetics in alpacas. Here are some things I learned: Alpacas are the most color variable mammal on the planet 60% of blue-eyed white alpacas are deaf Light colors dominate over darker colors White is [...]
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