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Natural Killer Cell Receptor Genes in Camels: Another Mammalian Model

Frontiers in Genetics, 2019
Due to production of special homodimeric heavy chain antibodies, somatic hypermutation of their T-cell receptor genes and unusually low diversity of their major histocompatibility complex genes, camels represent an important model for immunogenetic ...
Jan Futas, Jan Futas, Jan Oppelt, Jan Oppelt, April Jelinek, Jean P. Elbers, Jan Wijacki, Jan Wijacki, Ales Knoll, Ales Knoll, Pamela A. Burger, Petr Horin, Petr Horin   +12 more
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Using Real-Time GNSS Tracking Tags to Monitor Alpaca Activity in an Australian Extensive Production System

Agriculture
Australian alpacas contribute to a developing alternative fibre industry with an increasing number of larger-scale enterprises requiring real-time management options.
Imogen Boughey, Evelyn Hall, Russell Bush   +2 more
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Biological features and productivity of alpaca [PDF]

Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry, 2019
Alpaca domestication took place more than 6000 years ago. The Indians of Peru discerned the potential in these animals, tamed them and began to breed.
Ponomareva Arina I., Sycheva Irina N.
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Mycoplasma haemolamae and intestinal parasite relationships with erythrocyte variables in clinically healthy alpacas and llamas

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2019
Background Mycoplasma haemolamae (Mhl) and gastrointestinal nematodes can cause anemia in camelids. Control programs aim to suppress parasitism without promoting anthelminthic resistance, but few evidence‐based guidelines define acceptable parasite loads
Lisa C. Viesselmann, Ricardo Videla, John Schaefer, Aly Chapman, Heidi Wyrosdick, Deanna M. W. Schaefer   +5 more
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La feria binacional de camélidos y las instituciones del desarrollo

Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología, 2014
This article is a reflection on the Binational Camelid Fair organized by local institutions in the border towns of Jujuy (Argentina) and Potosí (Bolivia) with the aim of encouraging social and economic integration in the region and promoting camelid ...
Natividad González, Liliana Bergesio, Laura Golovanevsky   +2 more
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Camelid Single-Domain Antibodies: Historical Perspective and Future Outlook

Frontiers in Immunology, 2017
Tremendous effort has been expended over the past two and a half decades to understand many aspects of camelid heavy chain antibodies, from their biology, evolution, and immunogenetics to their potential applications in various fields of research and ...
Mehdi Arbabi-Ghahroudi, Mehdi Arbabi-Ghahroudi   +1 more
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Evaluation of ‘In-Parlour Scoring’ (IPS) to Detect Lameness in Dairy Cows during Milking

Animals
The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential of ‘In-Parlour Scoring’ (IPS) as an alternative to locomotion scoring in herringbone, side-by-side, and tandem milking parlours in Austria.
Jasmin Laschinger, Birgit Fuerst-Waltl, Lisa Fuerst, Sophie Linnenkohl, Robert Pesenhofer, Johann Kofler   +5 more
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MERS-CoV Infection of Alpaca in a Region Where MERS-CoV is Endemic

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
Chantal B.E.M. Reusken, Chrispijn Schilp, V. Stalin Raj, Erwin De Bruin, Robert H.G. Kohl, Elmoubasher A.B.A. Farag, Bart L. Haagmans, Hamad Al-Romaihi, Francois Le Grange, Berend-Jan Bosch, Marion P.G. Koopmans   +10 more
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Macromineral, micromineral and metal concentration of bovine colostrum samples from Salzburg, Austria

Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals
Background: Besides immunoglobulins which are essential for the calf to prevent Failure of Transfer of Passive Immunity (FTPI) colostrum contains multiple other constituents such microminerals, macrominerals and metals.
Katharina Lichtmannsperger, Nicole Hechenberger, Ariane Psenner, Maren Marseiler, Andrea Hildebrand, Elisabeth Müller, Alexander Tichy, Thomas Wittek   +7 more
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A side-by-side biophysical comparison of five single-domain antibody scaffolds used for synthetic display libraries. [PDF]

J Biol Chem
Rauschmayer M, Abdellatif M, Chubanova A, Leonardi N, Preinsberger AB, Schwach J, Stengl A.   +6 more
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