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Neurocysticercosis by Taenia sp. in a female alpaca (Vicugna pacos) from Germany [PDF]

BMC Veterinary Research
Background Neurocysticercosis, caused by Taenia sp., represents one of the most important parasitic infections of the central nervous system (CNS) globally, with low but increasing numbers of documented cases in both animals and humans in Europe.
Martin Dembowski, Lilli Bittner-Schwerda, Kristin Pütsch, Zaida Rentería-Solís, Shenja Loderstedt, Ingmar Kiefer, Alexander Starke, Christiane Helm, Florian Hansmann   +8 more
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Neoplasia and Proliferative Lesions of New World Camelids: A Systematic Literature Review and Retrospective Study of Cases Submitted to Colorado State University From 1995 to 2020

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Camelid pathology submissions to veterinary diagnostic laboratories are on the rise given the increasing popularity and population of llamas and alpacas especially in the western United States.
Tawfik A. Aboellail, Max Waugh, Alexandra Harvey, Jade Fisher, Allison C. Vilander   +4 more
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Cranial arterial patterns of the alpaca (Camelidae: Vicugna pacos) [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2017
Artiodactyl cranial arterial patterns deviate significantly from the standard mammalian pattern, most notably in the possession of a structure called the carotid rete (CR)—a subdural arterial meshwork that is housed within the cavernous venous sinus ...
Haley D. O'Brien
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Divergent Genotype of Hepatitis A Virus in Alpacas, Bolivia, 2019

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a common human pathogen found exclusively in primates. In a molecular and serologic study of 64 alpacas in Bolivia, we detected RNA of distinct HAV in ≈9% of animals and HAV antibodies in ≈64%.
Talitha Veith, L. Fabian Beltran-Saavedra, Tobias Bleicker, Marie Luisa Schmidt, José L. Mollericona, Kim Grützmacher, Rob Wallace, Jan Felix Drexler, Christian Walzer, Terry C. Jones, Christian Drosten, Victor Max Corman   +11 more
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Outbreak of a Systemic Form of Camelpox in a Dromedary Herd (Camelus dromedarius) in the United Arab Emirates

Viruses, 2021
Camelpox virus (CMLV) is the causative agent of camelpox, which frequently occurs in the Old World camelids-rearing countries except for Australia. It has also been described in experimentally inoculated New World camelids.
Sunitha Joseph, Joerg Kinne, Péter Nagy, Jutka Juhász, Rajib Barua, Nissy Annie Georgy Patteril, Donata Hoffmann, Florian Pfaff, Bernd Hoffmann, Ulrich Wernery   +9 more
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Nutraceutical and Functional Properties of Camelids’ Milk

Beverages, 2022
In most areas of the world, camelids are considered exotic animals, living only in zoological gardens. Additionally, considering the original lands where they were previously bred with specific economic and social aims, today it is possible to detect a ...
Silvia Vincenzetti, Natalina Cammertoni, Roberta Rapaccetti, Giuseppe Santini, Yulia Klimanova, Jing-Jing Zhang, Paolo Polidori   +6 more
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Mandibular Thickness Measurements as Predictive Tool for Specific Dental Disorders in Alpacas (Vicugna Pacos)

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
BackgroundOral health in alpacas is often neglected until severe dental disease becomes evident under the form of a pronounced mandibular swelling with or without fistulation.
Kirsten Proost, Bart Pardon, Lieven Vlaminck   +2 more
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Actinomycetes associated with abscess formation in a goat, a llama and two alpacas

Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift, 2020
The genera Actinomyces and Schaalia, both members of the bacterial order Actinomycetales, include relevant infectious agents that cause abscesses in small ruminants and New World camelids.
R Sting, A Schwalm, M Contzen, M Roller, J Rau   +4 more
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First report on nasal myiasis in an alpaca “Vicugna pacos” – a case report

BMC Veterinary Research, 2018
Background An infestation of bot fly larvae causes myiasis which is known to cause respiratory symptoms in ruminants. There are reports of bot fly larvae in llamas, but to our knowledge there are no previous reports of nasal myiasis due to bot flies in ...
Teresa Maria Punsmann, Lucie Marie Grimm, Carolin Reckmann, Cornelia Schwennen, Matthias Gerhard Wagener, Martin Ganter   +5 more
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Viral Diseases of New World Camelids

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 2009
The increased popularity and population of New World camelids in the United States requires the development of a broader base of knowledge of the health and disease parameters for these animals by the veterinary livestock practitioner. Although our knowledge regarding infectious diseases of camelids has increased greatly over the past decade, the ...
Kapil, Sanjay, Yeary, Teresa, Evermann, James F.   +2 more
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