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- Bay black
- A black fleece with brownish or reddish tips. Learn more →
- Beans
- Slang for alpaca manure pellets, prized as a low-odor garden fertilizer. Learn more →
- BEW
- Blue-eyed white — white alpacas with blue eyes, which have a higher chance of deafness. Learn more →
- Biosecurity
- Practices that keep diseases out of a herd: quarantine, testing and hygiene. Learn more →
- Blanket
- The prime fleece from the back and sides of the alpaca — the most valuable part of the shorn fleece. Learn more →
- Blend
- Yarn made from alpaca mixed with other fibers such as wool, silk or nylon. Learn more →
- Body condition score (BCS)
- A hands-on assessment of fat cover along the spine and ribs, usually on a 1-5 scale; 3 is ideal. Learn more →
- Bottle baby
- A hand-raised cria. Learn more →
- Bottle jaw
- Fluid swelling under the jaw caused by low blood protein, usually from blood-sucking worms or liver fluke. Learn more →
- Breeding stock
- Alpacas kept for producing offspring rather than fiber alone.