Relationship Between Age and Postnatal Skin Follicular Development in Three Types of South American Domestic Camelids
By M. Antonini, M. Gonzales and A. Valbonesi
The authors did field research into into follicular development in young llamas and alpacas.
The authors found that alpacas developed much higher follicular density than llamas.
Males and females, for all breeds, exhibited similar secondary to primary fiber ratios and skin densities.
Llamas seemed to attain their maximum scores at a later date than alpacas and the author found that unfavorable
environmental conditions could negatively effect maximum expression of follicular density.
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