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- Pack animal
- An animal used to carry loads; llamas are traditional pack animals, alpacas are not. Learn more →
- Paddock
- A fenced pasture area.
- Pads
- The soft, leathery soles of alpaca feet that cause little damage to pasture.
- Pasture rotation
- Moving animals between paddocks to let grass recover and reduce parasite exposure. Learn more →
- Pedigree
- The documented ancestry of an alpaca.
- Pellets
- Pelleted camelid feed providing minerals and vitamins; also alpaca manure pellets. Learn more →
- PI animal
- Persistently infected with BVDV — an animal that sheds the virus for life. Learn more →
- Pinto
- A spotted pattern with large white patches. Learn more →
- Placenta
- The afterbirth, normally passed within about 6 hours of birth. Learn more →
- Prime fleece
- See 'Blanket'.