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Alpaca Owners Association Inc. (AOA) was created by merging the Alpaca Registry, Inc (ARI) and Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association (AOBA). The registry is headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska and is the largest alpaca pedigree registry in the world. It is the only organization of its kind in the United States, but also registers alpacas in Canada and other countries throughout the world. Using advanced DNA technology, AOA validates the parentage of alpacas submitted for pedigree registration. Once an alpaca's parentage has been validated, AOA issues a registration certificate that provides known lineage and assigns a unique number to each alpaca. AOA itself is a tremendous asset to the entire alpaca community. Created in 1988, the registry's methodology and database are some of the most sophisticated and accurate of any livestock industry anywhere in the world.
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