Camelids (Llamas & Alpacas)
Welcome to the OMAFRA Camelids website. Here you will find a wealth of information relevant to Ontario's Camelids industry. The resources listed below include OMAFRA Factsheets and Information Sheets, as well as key links to information on internal and external sites.
Production Management
- Canadian Alpaca Guide - Alpaca Canada
- Guard Llamas - Iowa State University
- Llamas and Alpacas - Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension
- Llamapaedia
- Alpacapedia (Care, Welfare, Health & Disease) - British Alpaca Society
- Variation in and Sampling of Alpaca Fleeces, Victoria, Australia
- Camelid Nutrient Unit Calculator
- Research and Publications - Australian Alpaca Association South Australia
Feeding and Nutrition
- Basics of Alpaca Nutrition - Alpaca Research Foundation
- Llama and Alpaca Nutrition - Penn State
- Top 10 tips of Alpaca Nutrition - CRIA Genesis
- Nutritional Assessment, Requirements and Forage Analysis of Alpacas - University of Tennessee
- Basics of Alpaca Nutrition, Vaccination - Royal Veterinary College
Health Managment
- Camelid Care - Camelid Community Standards of Care Working Group
- Camelid Medicine and Surgery - Alpacas and Llamas (Colorado State University Extension)
- Herd Health & Management - LaRue Johnson, Australian Alpaca Association
- Llama and Alpaca Health - Penn State
Producer Groups
Research
Statistics
- Alternative Livestock on Canadian Farms: Census Years 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2006 - Statistics Canada
- Number of Alternative Livestock and Gamebirds Processed for Meat in Ontario Federal/Provincial Combined Statistics - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
- Census of Agriculture Data for selected livestock (searchable) - Statistics Canada
For more information:
Toll Free: 1-877-424-1300
E-mail: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca