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Summary: A veterinarian should always check your alpaca before a show to make sure the animal is healthy. Learn more about vet checks for alpaca shows in this free show animal video.
Jill Bergman has been raising alpacas since 2000. She has a herd on 5 acres in Alpine, Utah. Jill's alpacas have won numerous awards. She has some of the most well-respected, famous...read more
"This is Jill Bergman and I've just been talking to you a little bit about before a show. One thing you have to do before you take your Alpaca to a show, is it has to have a Veterinarian check it and give it an inspection, a certification of inspection that says that this Alpaca is healthy enough to be taken to a show. Different states have different requirements and you have to know what those requirements are before you take that Alpaca and that has to be included on the Vet check; all of the requirements. The Vet will come out and inspect the Alpaca, do a thorough exam of the Alpaca, make sure it's very, very healthy and able to go to a show and those health papers have to be kept with you as you transport the Alpaca to a show and they also have to be given to the people that are doing the health inspection at the show. There is a Veterinarian at the show that checks each Alpaca and checks their micro-chip. Make sure the micro-chip number is in accordance with that which is on the health certificate so that you've got the right Alpaca too."
eHow Article: Alpaca Show Veterinarian Checks