Toft were first in the queue at the crack of Sparrows, followed by Willoughby Alpacas, Brampton Valley and Andante with no doubt many more herds to follow throughout the day. Each herd brings in a couple of alpaca donors, blood is collected in the trailers by the vets and the whole thing is organised to minimise call out times and keep costs to a minimum. Wendy from the Pet Blood Bank was stood by ready to take the blood off for processing. The individual units of plasma will be returned to the individual donor farms.
It was a group blood collection for all and very much a first for the alpaca industry and is not a service exclusive to the Midlands. Towcester Vets will collect blood from all the participating herds and ship and process it collectively in order to keep the costs down on what is a very expensive business. We have organised our own Plasma collection for years but it's great that the vets are now providing the service for all Alpaca Breeders.
Well done Towcester Vets for this very welcome major initiative and we wish you every success.
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