We combine 15 open data sources with established veterinary references.
| Source | What we use it for | License |
|---|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI nClimDiv | 1991–2020 county climate normals behind every U.S. county guide | Public domain (U.S. Government) |
| U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer | county names, coordinates and land area | Public domain |
| Open-Meteo Historical Weather API | humidity for heat-stress estimates and climate for Hawaii and international regions | CC BY 4.0 (ERA5 by Copernicus/ECMWF) |
| USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) | sugar, fiber and mineral values for fruits, vegetables and foods | Public domain (CC0) |
| NCBI PubMed | peer-reviewed references for health topics and the research library | Bibliographic metadata |
| Europe PMC | citation counts and free full-text (open-access) links | Open metadata |
| OpenAlex | publication trends and research topics | CC0 |
| OpenStreetMap | alpaca farms, shops and visitor farms on local pages | ODbL — © OpenStreetMap contributors |
| GBIF | plant taxonomy, plant occurrence counts and alpaca records by country | CC BY 4.0 / CC0 (per dataset) |
| Wikidata | plant identifiers, common names and image links | CC0 |
| Wikimedia Commons | plant photographs | Per image (CC BY / CC BY-SA / CC0 / PD), credited on each page |
| Wikipedia | short background summaries | CC BY-SA 4.0, attributed on each page |
| iNaturalist | camelid photos and observation counts | Photos CC BY / CC BY-SA / CC0 as credited |
| USDA NASS Quick Stats | Census of Agriculture alpaca inventory (when available) | Public domain |
| Internet Archive Wayback Machine | the history of this domain, used to redirect old links | Archive index |
Key veterinary references
- Fowler ME. Medicine and Surgery of Camelids, 3rd ed. Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
- Cebra C, Anderson DE, Tibary A, Van Saun RJ, Johnson LW (eds). Llama and Alpaca Care: Medicine, Surgery, Reproduction, Nutrition, and Herd Health. Elsevier, 2014.
- National Research Council. Nutrient Requirements of Small Ruminants: Sheep, Goats, Cervids, and New World Camelids. National Academies Press, 2007.
- Merck Veterinary Manual — camelid chapters (online edition).
- Knight AP, Walter RG. A Guide to Plant Poisoning of Animals in North America. Teton NewMedia, 2001.
- Cornell University Department of Animal Science — Plants Poisonous to Livestock (online database).
- Gordon HMcL. The epidemiology of parasitic diseases, with special reference to studies with nematode parasites of sheep. Aust Vet J 1948;24:17–45 (bioclimatograph).
Our own text and compiled datasets are available under CC BY 4.0 — see open data downloads. Third-party content keeps its original license as credited on each page.