17/06/2026
If you keep llamas or alpacas, a plasma blood drive is one of those things that's really worth having on your radar — and now is a great time to get one booked in.
Fresh plasma is invaluable when you have a cria hit the ground with failure of passive transfer — that window in the first few hours of life where they haven't picked up enough antibodies from mum's first milk. Having a supply of matched, tested plasma ready to go can quite literally be the difference between a cria that thrives and one that doesn't make it.
To learn more about the essential husbandry requirements for alpacas in the UK, explore our Basic Camelid Care online course, here:https://www.farmiq.co.uk/basic-camelid-care