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Mike Safley has owned alpacas since 1984. Mike is a past president of the Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association (AOBA), the Alpaca Registry Inc., and was founding editor of Alpacas magazine. Mike owns and operates Northwest Alpacas and alpacas.com.

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Sunday, February 22, 2004

Genetics

What are EPD's? (Estimated Progeny Differences)

There has been more talk about EPD's among alpaca breeders lately. I include a chapter in my new book, Ideal Alpacas: From Myth to Reality, about across herd genetic improvement, sire referencing and nucleus breeding schemes.

For those who would like to read about EPD's I have excerpted a section from my book entitled: What are EPD's?

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