CVI's and Are You Show Ready

Extracted from page 7 of the Show System Handbook

Exhibitors: Are you show ready?

1.  Several months prior to your first show:

a. Ensure ample time to register your alpacas with AOA by submitting a blood sample for DNA testing.

b. Ensure ample time to test for BVDV using the PCR test. Only one test in an alpaca’s lifetime is required for show entry. BVDV testing is required on all alpacas that enter any AOA Certified Show venue.

2. Within 30 days prior to the last day of the show:

a. Schedule a vet visit. Your veterinarian must complete the CVI form for all of your alpacas going to the show. The CVI must be dated within 30 days prior to the last day of the show. Be sure that any tests that are required by the state in which the show is held have been performed and noted on the CVI along with a permit number if required by the host state of entry. Your veterinarian must also note on the CVI that each alpaca has been tested BVDV “negative” or BVDV “not detected” using the PCR test. The BVDV test results must be written on the CVI with the date of the test, the initials of the lab that performed the test, and the testing method (PCR).  Please verify this when you receive the CVI from the Vet. Do not wait till the last minute or when you are leaving for the show. It may be too late to get the CVI redone in time. Proof of BVD testing forms are not accepted at the show. Only the Vet signed CVI is accepted.

b. Insert or recheck microchip for each alpaca. The microchip number along with the location of that microchip must be written on the CVI for each alpaca. This includes any companion alpaca. 

c. Re-verify gender, and that each show entry is anatomically correct in its reproductive parts.

d. Check the general health of each alpaca, weigh or assess body score.

e. Re-verify AOA registration of each alpaca.

f. Check under the tail area for evidence of any abnormal discharges; clean/trim if needed.

g. Trim toenails, if needed.

3. Leaving for the show:

a. Recheck presence of microchip for each alpaca.

b. Re-verify gender, and that each show entry is anatomically correct in its reproductive parts.

c. Recheck the general health of each alpaca.

d. Recheck and clean/trim under tail area if needed.

e. Ensure that you take the necessary paperwork with you to the show:

1) Copies of AOA Registry Certificates for all alpacas taken to the show. Some shows require an additional copy for Show Superintendent records at check-in, and it is always a good idea to retain one copy in your own show folder.

2) Original CVI and one photocopy for Show Superintendent’s permanent records.

3) Copies of all of your show registration entry forms in your show folder (for your records only).

f. Pack appropriate attire and shoes for show ring presentation.