SURI NETWORK
SURI BREED STANDARD CORRECTION

Dear Members,

It has been brought to our attention that the Testicular Values printed on page 6 of the proposed Suri Network Suri Breed Standard highlighted in yellow were llama testicular values and not alpaca values. There was an error when the values were transposed into the document. The values on the right (italized) are alpaca testicular measurements from another medical text.

The correct table is printed below. Please replace the table in your copy of the Suri Network Suri Breed Standard with the one below.

Thank you,

The Suri Network Board of Trustees

CORRECT TABLE
Comparison of Testicular Size                            

Age (months)         Size ( LxW ) cm             Age (months)             Size ( L x W ) cm

6	1.0 x 0.4	6	1 X 0.4
12	2.3 x 1.5	12	2.3 X 1.5
18	2.8 x 1.5	18	2.8 X 1.9
24	3.3 x 2.2	24	3.3 X 2.2
30	3.6 x 2.4	30	3.6 X 2.3
36	2.6 x 2.4	36	3.6 X 2.4
Sires	3.7 x 2.5	Sires	3.7 X 2.4

Bravo, The Reproductive Process of South American Camelids, 2003
Sumar 1983, Fowler et al. 1998 and Bravo 2002, Tibary and Vaughn 2006
Note: Sumar’s data: Sires 4.0cm in length X 2.6 cm in width