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Multi-proxy analysis of El Olivar camelids (1,090-1,440 cal AD): Evaluating the presence of llamas (Lama glama, Linnaeus 1758) in the Semiarid North of Chile before the arrival of the Inca. [PDF]

PLoS One
To evaluate the presence of domesticated camelids in the Semiarid North of Chile (29°S) before the arrival of the Inca, we utilized a multidisciplinary approach to analyze 57 South American camelids that were part of the funerary contexts of the El ...
López Mendoza P, González P, Westbury MV, Saghessi D, González Venanzi L, González BA, Marín JC, Rivera B, Valenzuela M.   +8 more
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Comparative Analysis of the Behavior of Llamas Housed in a Research Facility in Response to Different Environmental Enrichment Stimuli. [PDF]

Anim Sci J
ABSTRACT Environmental enrichment (EE) is essential for promoting welfare and reducing atypical behaviors in captive research animals, but we know little about effective EE strategies for llamas (Lama glama). This study evaluated the behavioral responses to EE items provided to llamas housed in a biomedical research facility in Brazil, where they are ...
Brum R, de Abreu Rangel Aguirre A, da Silva KSM.   +2 more
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Physiological and clinical parameters under different protocols of total intravenous anesthesia in llama (<i>Lama glama</i>) undergoing unilateral ovariectomy. [PDF]

Open Vet J
Background: The limited and detailed literature on total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA), as well as the clinical indications for unilateral ovariectomy in llamas, are not well-defined.
Goicochea-Vargas J, Warthon-Medina M, Rondón-Jorge W, Acosta-Pachorro F, Ratto-Fuster M, Silva-Jiménez M, Valderrama-Linares X, Richards I, Salvatierra-Alor M.   +8 more
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Cranial Arterial Perfusion of the Tympanic Bullae Region in Llamas (Lama glama): Anatomic Features and Anomalies. [PDF]

Anat Histol Embryol
ABSTRACT The tympanic bulla of South American camelids is a unique multi‐compartmental structure with an internal architecture resembling that of honeycomb. This unique configuration creates surgical challenges for the treatment of refractory otitis media cases in llamas (Lama glama).
Chamberlain TM, Anderson DE, Reed RB.
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Determination of hematobiochemical and fore stomach fluid constituents of llama (Lama glama) living in Egypt [PDF]

Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2023
Mariam Zaki
exaly   +2 more sources

Plasmatic Concentrations of ADMA and Homocystein in Llama (Lama glama) and Regulation of Arginase Type II: An Animal Resistent to the Development of Pulmonary Hypertension Induced by Hypoxia. [PDF]

Front Physiol, 2018
There are animal species that have adapted to life at high altitude and hypobaric hypoxia conditions in the Andean highlands. One such species is the llama (Lama glama), which seem to have developed efficient protective mechanisms to avoid maladaptation ...
López V, Moraga FA, Llanos AJ, Ebensperger G, Taborda MI, Uribe E.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Genome-wide scan for runs of homozygosity in South American Camelids. [PDF]

BMC Genomics, 2023
Background Alpaca (Vicugna pacos), llama (Lama glama), vicugna (Vicugna vicugna) and guanaco (Lama guanicoe), are the camelid species distributed over the Andean high-altitude grasslands, the Altiplano, and the Patagonian arid steppes.
Pallotti S, Picciolini M, Antonini M, Renieri C, Napolioni V.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Intraocular nematodiasis in a llama (Lama glama). [PDF]

Can Vet J, 2011
This report describes a unique case of presumed migration of Parelaphastrongylus tenuis through the spinal cord into the eye of a llama where it survived and matured within the ocular environment. Blindness of the eye was most likely attributable to migration of the parasite through the central nervous tissue.
Dunkel B, Sweeney RW, Habecker PL, Komaromy AM.   +3 more
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Learning from the llama: on the broad contours of cultural contributions and geographic expansion [PDF]

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2022
The llama (Lama glama) is the largest domesticated animal species from South America and is today found worldwide. Andean peoples have used the llama for millennia for meat, wool, packing, spiritual etc. In order to know the history of the llama, we must
Emily Wakild
doaj   +1 more source

Cryptococcosis in a Llama ( Lama Glama ) [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 2002
Cryptococcosis was diagnosed in a 17-year-old male llama that had been euthanatized following an acute onset of neurologic disease. Tissues affected included the brain, spinal cord, lung, and kidney. The character of the leukocytic response varied from minimal to pyogranulomatous. Cryptococcosis has not been previously reported in a llama, although the
Robert J, Bildfell, Patrick, Long, Robert, Sonn   +2 more
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