While Jessie Chou was chatting with Beard, Maan, the person in charge of the alpaca district, also rode over. He was not on duty today, so Jessie Zhou did not see him just now.

As a motivated cowboy, of course Mae has to let his boss look at his performance. It’s not time to come and have a look. Fortunately, he usually does this, even if it’s not so early, it won’t be too surprising to come now.

Da Huo continued with Jessie Zhou, "Alpacas generally live for 15-25 years, rams mature at 2.5-3 years old, and female llamas can mate for the first time when they are 16-20 months old."

"Alpacas are ovulation-inducing animals and can mate in any season. The only thing that restricts our reproductive speed is that alpacas are singleton animals with a long gestation period of 10-11 months. If it is the first birth, , The pregnancy period may be longer."

"Moreover, the rate of miscarriage in the first month is relatively high. It usually occurs during standing during the day when giving birth. Twins rarely appear. A healthy and reproductive female alpaca gives birth to one llama each year during pregnancy and can continue to reproduce for 15 to 16 years. In one year, he can feed 10 llamas in his lifetime."

The beard said this was not to introduce the boss. He might feel that he was going to say something important. His voice became much louder: "The things I said before are all old ideas. Now we follow ours. The progress of the experiment. Multiple births won't be a problem at all."

"At present, we induced pregnancy on the 23rd female alpaca. Six of them were bred with multiple births. It is strange that the other singleton bred llamas had three miscarriages. These multiple births On the contrary, the fetus is very healthy."

When Jessie Chou heard this, his eyes lit up. This situation is definitely worthy of affirmation. Nima, originally only had one at a time, but now there are several at a time. This is the best way to speed up the reproduction of the population.

But as a normal cheating biologist, he still calmed down. In this case, other expressions can't do it. After carefully breathing in and exhaling, he said, "How can this happen? You have to know that the chance of alpaca twins is very low. Among them, the most likely cause of twin bankruptcy is the alpaca abortion. Twins are definitely one of the biggest factors of abortion."

"According to laboratory speculation, it is most likely that the food we give to alpacas contains certain elements, so that the nutrients in the ewe's body are sufficient to supply the nutrition of multiple births in the body, which also avoids pregnancy because of nutrients. Not enough, causing the alpaca to become weak, and then induce a miscarriage."

"In the case of insufficient body nutrition, the instinct of alpaca creatures will eliminate the factors that caused their own death. This is the fundamental problem that causes miscarriage. But the body is well-nourished and they can withstand multiple births. "Beard told Jesse Zhou about the situation.

"Moreover, the six pregnant alpacas with multiple births are Su Li alpacas, and the embryo transfer we have done is Huacayo alpacas. According to the progress, it is very happy that they did not have a miscarriage. That’s going to happen, but a comparison of the fact that alpacas can give birth to multiple births makes us not happy about that. The most important thing is that they still need careful care and cannot do the usual natural pregnancy and delivery."

Jessie Chou listened and nodded, "Let’s go see those little guys!"

"Good boss!" The beard said immediately.

The two people walked past the location of the temporary laboratory. Behind it was an enclosed semi-open fence, which had been divided into several areas. Huacayo alpaca and Suli alpaca could be seen differently at a glance.

The stomachs of the six Su Li alpacas were already more obvious, and Zhou Jiexi couldn't help but frown. One of them had a bad stomach. Judging from the current pregnancy period, in the next period of time, it is very likely that the weight in the belly will be too heavy, and the foot muscles of the alpaca will be swollen and paralyzed.

The beard also saw Jessie Chou’s expression: “That’s Alpaca No. 3, and we are keeping an eye on its condition. When the embryo is separated, it matches itself again in its body. The picture is now There are quadruplets."

"What about your health?" Zhou Jiexi is also a student, tending to biochemistry, plant biology and cell biology. Animal biology is slightly involved, but there are many book memories in the brain. It is not that simple to learn and use.

"It's currently in good health. We will give it a muscle massage every day. Make sure it gradually adapts to the weight gain of its stomach and itself!" said the bearded side, and then waved to the assistant to report the data.

The assistant who was sorting out not far away immediately took a document and gave it to him. The beard handed it to Zhou Jiexi.

After receiving the report and looking at it, Zhou Jiexi was relieved that the condition of the alpaca was not as bad as he thought.

"You keep paying attention to this one!" Zhou Jiexi said. "By the way, the nutritional status of these alpacas is very good, from the data point of view, it seems to be much better than Huacayo alpacas!"

"Yes, as for why this happens, we still need some time!" The beard said immediately.

Jiexi Chou nodded. He is also thinking about why, the data will not deceive. Su Li Alpacas are indeed healthier than those Huacayo. What kind of situation is this? Is it expensive and the other cheap, the farm is different. Treated?

Discrimination?

Jesse Chou thought of something at once, yes, treat them differently, she is a person who likes to treat them differently. At the beginning, he knew that Su Li alpacas were valuable, and he put a lot of vitality in their pastoral areas, and he sprinkled the pasture seeds of the space over there, and even the vitality of the space was better than Huaka in terms of irrigation. It's much better to make an appointment over there.

And when I have time, I always go to see Su Li alpaca when I am free, and I eat for the little guys, almost all of the food in the space. It is also often directly fed with vital water, not the vital water diluted on the farm.

In this way, the health of those Su Li alpacas is better than Huaca's appointment. It is no longer a strange thing. The experiment hasn't been going on for long now, and the distance of two or three months is not very far, so these alpacas are still much better than Huacao.

After thinking of this, Zhou Jiexi said to the beard: "Look at the pastoral area of ​​Suli alpaca and the pastoral area of ​​Huacayo alpaca. They are different. The groundwater used for irrigation is different. There is a difference in soil fee and fertility!"

"The pastoral area is different?" Bearded obviously didn't think of this: "Aren't they all the same? Is there a difference in this distance?"

He shrugged his shoulders, "This is indeed different, man, you have to know that Su Li alpaca is more valuable, so there is no doubt about the difference between them!"

"Fak, I didn't even think of this!" The beard was really depressed. Originally thought that there was a difference in the pastoral area that was only a small distance away, this Nima could have fun.

Who doesn't have brain cramps? Jessie Chou can forgive others for this little thing.

After learning about the results of the alpaca scientific research team, he then soaked in the laboratory over there when he had time. In zoology, Jessie was a little bit worse, but there is still cytology. He has a lot of experience in this regard. First, learn more about the embryo transfer technology of some alpacas over there. He plans to speed up the breeding of a batch of alpacas in the space.

Obviously, the speed of one life two, two life four is not enough. After mastering multiple births, he can completely breed Su Li alpaca that can adapt to multiple births in the space. Although this situation is a bit unfair and cruel to the first and second generation of Su Li alpaca, there is a saying that is not good.

Dedicated to science. Everything is for progress...

Scientists can find a reason anyway, and sometimes it doesn’t matter if there is no reason. He had planned for this a long time ago, and the experiment records were done with the help of the little fairies, so he didn't even see it. He will do the first embryo transfer, and then the little fairies will do it.

It is hoped that after several generations of breeding, Su Li alpaca can gradually adapt to this multiple birth situation, and thus also create a kind of alpaca that can be better than the big beard that requires artificial increase in reproduction. The artificial model definitely has some shortcomings, but the creatures themselves can find a way out. Jessie Chou believes that he can let the alpaca find a way out of having multiple births.

think about it. The price of a Su Li alpaca is several times more expensive than an ordinary alpaca. According to the current market price, it is at least five times the difference. An ordinary alpaca costs more than ten thousand dollars. In this way, a Su Li alpaca costs more than 50,000 U.S. dollars, and one more birth can increase 50,000.

There are five hundred thousand in ten, and one hundred is obviously worth five million dollars. In this way, the price is still priceless, and the price for buying and selling Su Li alpaca in the market is really expensive. Taking into account the factors that can quickly pay back, the price of Su Li alpaca will only be higher and more expensive.

The demand for alpaca wool in the world textile market is also increasing, and the supply of high-end alpaca wool in the world is still in short supply. Jessie Chou felt that if she speeded up a little bit, she would definitely be able to eat a piece of this market.

There is nothing else on my own farm, but it is big enough and expansive. There is nothing wrong with raising 10,000 or 20,000 alpacas, even if there are only 2,000 Su Li alpacas in the United States, he wants to raise so many alpacas.

Waiting for my family's alpacas to be more ethical and reproductive, and how long will they be born? This year Su Li's alpacas were born more than 80, pushing the number of alpacas to two hundred and forty. Although there are plans, there are only 195 female alpacas. There are still more than 80 in it, as long as you can get pregnant after next year.