Great news!

I'm on Twitter (@ElizabethWoodky) and I follow (and am followed by) some alpaca farms. On Friday, one of my Twitter friends attending the AOBA National Conference in Ohio made the following tweet:

"ARI will be offering BVD testing by Geneseek. They will test from the bloodcard."

Although I did a quick (very brief) internet search for more info on Friday, I have not heard an official announcement from ARI (Alpaca Registry Inc.). I'm very excited about this because the BVD testing is an extra expense and trip to the vet for us with our crias.

I'll post a link if I hear more info on this topic. This will be great if we can have BVDV testing done at the same time we are registering our crias with ARI!!

On another topic, Rene' just purchased a microscope and fecal testing kit so we can start doing our own fecal tests on the farm! Way cool! First we'll have to read directions (ugh! how boring!) and then we'll figure out how to do the testing...I'll keep you posted on our new educational experience!