Our 2009 ET Program resulted in the successful harvesting and transplanting of embryos from superior females from our Grand Herd, into ordinary recipient females known for their good mothering abilities. We are now happy to share some of this success by offering 2 progeny from a champion family.
The Donors:
Greenvale Pia was an outstanding show champion. During her show career she was awarded 11 first placings. She was Champion 4 times including at the Royal Melbourne and National shows. Pia was Reserve Champion 5 times and it should be remembered that she took the broad ribbons against the whites and light fawns. Best Brown was awarded to her 4 times. Pia also was awarded reserve Champion Fleece at the Royal Melbourne Show. That is second best fleece in the show (against all of the whites). An extraordinary performance from a brown alpaca.
The Sire:
Wyterrica Propaganda, a magnificent grey, certified stud male, has also had an exceptional show career. He was awarded 4 supreme championships and 4 Best in Show (grey). There are not many better greys in the country.
The Daughters:
Pia's progeny have all been stunning. Her daughters have been show winners right up to Supreme. Flowerdale Petrea, a stunning rose grey daughter of Pia, was awarded 10 first placings, 3 Reserve Championships and best Grey in Show 3 times. Flowerdale Princess Protea has so far been placed first 4 times. She was Best Brown in Show three times and was awarded Supreme Champion Brown at Colourbration in 2006.
The Offer
We have a grey ET female, a black ET female and a brown ET female for sale.
Enquiries
Phone Jeffry Farman on +613 9827 8255 or email jfarman@flowerdalealpacas.net
Embryo Transfer (ET) in alpacas is providing breeders with the opportunity to replicate the desirable qualities of superior male and female alpacas thus rapidly increasing the genetic improvement within their herds. ET is the process by which embryos are harvested from valuable female (donor) alpacas and transferred into less valuable (recipient) females for incubation and nurturing. Each donor female is mated naturally by a male, which
- induces her to release an egg, and
- deposits sperm in the female reproductive tract
ET has been practiced in Australia for over 6 years. The union of the egg and sperm (fertilisation) in the oviduct results in the development of an embryo, which can be harvested from the uterus about a week after mating.
Around 30 breeders are known to have used the ET technique in their breeding programs. Approximately 1,500 ET progeny have been recorded in Australia to date. In 2005 an ET alpaca won the Supreme Championship at the National Alpaca Show and was sold the following day for over $170,000.
Greenvale Pia
Gunnamatta Marconi
Flowerdale Petrea
Flowerdale Princess Protea