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LOZ Peruvian
Carmella Carmella is a gorgeous light fawn Peruvian suri alpaca female. Lustrous, silky, EXTREMELY fine fibre (ONLY 16 microns average fibre diameter!) in beautiful locks. You will not find a better histogram! Excellent conformation & a sweet personality. She has been bred to our gorgeous fawn male - Suri Bob! CLAA registered. $7000 Cdn |
| Name: LOZ Peruvian Carmella Sex: Female Type: Suri Alpaca Colour: Light fawn DOB: Sep 18, 2004 CLAA # 29479 Status: Bred Sire: Senor Diego Dam: Peruvian Roxie 1329 Service Sire: Suri Bob Breeding Date: Oct 7, 2006 Fibre test results* (16.5 months): |
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fibre test results. Don't be fooled by the "higher" CV. It is higher
than 20 in this case because the AFD is so low! With an average fibre diameter
(thickness of each hair) of 16 microns you can't go wrong! Standard deviation (SD)
is only 4 microns, which means the majority of fibres fall between 12 and 20 microns in
diameter (4 microns below the AFD and 4 microns above the AFD). You can't beat
that! I don't agree that fleeces can be compared by CV's alone. Comparing CV
(coefficient of variation) means that you are allowing a wider range of hair thickness
(higher SD) the higher the AFD is. A higher AFD means coarser fibre (not good) and a
higher SD means less even fleece (also not good). The lower number the better for
AFD, SD and %>30 microns. But a low CV (eg. 20) could just mean the AFD is
high! CV is a percentage: SD divided by AFD multiplied by 100. There is no
reason to allow a wider range (less even fleece) just because the AFD is higher! For example, 2 fleeces: Fleece A: AFD 20 microns, SD 5 (both good values - a very fine, even fleece), resulting CV is 25 (sounds a bit high but the majority of fibres are between 15 and 25 microns - pretty fine!). Fleece B: AFD 35, SD 7 (both high, ie. not great), resulting CV is 20 (sounds better than fleece A but this fleece is very coarse and uneven as well. The majority of fibres are between 28, which is above "comfort" level and 42 - extremely coarse.) I would MUCH prefer fleece A, wouldn't you? Or better yet, LOZ Peruvian Carmella's! (A more detailed explanation is provided on the Fleece page.) |
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