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Echinococcus granulosus genotypes circulating in alpacas (Lama pacos) and pigs (Sus scrofa) from an endemic region in Peru

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
The identification of the genotypes of Echinococcus granulosus present in livestock and wild animals within regions endemic for cystic echinococcosis (CE) is epidemiologically important.
Elizabeth Sánchez, Omar Cáceres, César Náquira, Eduardo Miranda, Franklyn Samudio, Octavio Fernandes   +5 more
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Relationships between integumental characteristics and thermoregulation in South American camelids

Animal, 2010
Hair fibre is regarded as a unique mammalian feature with an important role for endothermy. Artificial selection for hair characteristics resulted in marked changes with regard to follicle number, type, distribution, growth and natural shedding.
M. Gerken
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Inducción de la reacción acrosómica en espermatozoides de ratón mediante solubilizados de zona pelucida de alpaca (Lama pacos L.)

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2013
La acrosina, es uno de los componentes principales del acrosoma, presenta actividad similar a la tripsina, y es liberado luego de la reacción acrosómica (RA).
Luis Guzmán, Susan Pérez, Martha Valdivia   +2 more
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Adaptive Livelihoods in Andean Pastoralism: Community-Based Institutions, Peatland Management, and Migration in Sajama National Park, Bolivia

Mountain Research and Development
This article examines livelihood practices among Indigenous Aymara pastoral communities in Sajama National Park (SNP) on the Bolivian Altiplano. Pastoralist livelihoods within SNP are based on the management of Andean camelids—llamas (Lama glama) and ...
Tom Perreault
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Detection of persistent pestivirus infection in pudú (Pudu puda) in a captive population of artiodactyls in Chile

BMC Veterinary Research, 2018
Background Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) is the viral agent causing the most important economic losses in livestock throughout the world. Infection of fetuses before their immunological maturity causes the birth of animals persistently infected with
Rodrigo Salgado, Ezequiel Hidalgo-Hermoso, José Pizarro-Lucero   +2 more
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Clustering-Based Characterization of Mixed Herds and the Influence of Pasture Fertilization in High-Andean Livestock Systems

Ruminants
Livestock production in the high Andes is vital for rural livelihoods and food security but is limited by poor pasture quality, environmental variability, and restricted resources.
Jesus Nuñez, Felimon Paxi-Meneses, Wilder Cruz, Richard Estrada   +3 more
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Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiome Diversity, Stability, and Predicted Function in Captive Guanacos (Lama guanicoe) and Alpacas (Vicugna pacos)

Microorganisms
The gut microbiota plays a vital role in host health. In response to the scarcity of comparative studies examining wild and domesticated South American camelids under identical captive conditions, this study was conducted to compare the gut microbiota of
Yuhong Zhang, Jiawei Zhu, Hufeng Xu, A La Teng Zhu La, Bo Liu, Zichen Zhang, Leshu Liu, Yun Bian, Shun Liang, Mingze Li, Guangrui Zhao, Yanyuan Qiao, Zhanhe Zhang, Ming Xu, Donglin Wu   +14 more
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Efecto del glicerol sobre la catálisis por fosfatasa ácida de bajo peso molecular de hígado de alpaca (Lama pacos)

Anales de la Facultad de Medicina, 2007
Objetivo: Determinar el efecto del glicerol sobre la hidrólisis del p-nitrofenil fosfato a pH 5,0 por fosfatasa ácida de bajo peso molecular de hígado de alpaca. Diseño: Estudio analítico experimental.
Emilio Guija, Fernando Arauco, Hielke Haak-Mares, Mercedes Soberón   +3 more
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Plasma concentrations of fenbendazole (FBZ) and oxfendazole in alpacas (Lama pacos) after single intravenous and oral dosing of FBZ

Veterinary Medicine: Research and Reports, 2015
Jeffrey Lakritz,1 Daniel Linden,2 David E Anderson,3 Terri A Specht4 1Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; 2Department of Agriculture and Engineering Technologies ...
Lakritz J, Linden D, Anderson DE, Specht TA   +3 more
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Plasma concentrations of fenbendazole (FBZ) and oxfendazole in alpacas (Lama pacos) after single intravenous and oral dosing of FBZ. [PDF]

Vet Med (Auckl), 2015
Lakritz J, Linden D, Anderson DE, Specht TA.   +3 more
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