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De ‘Camélido Sagrado’ a ‘Llama Demoniaca’

Prometeica
En el antiguo Perú, diversos animales y aves tenían una fuerte connotación religiosa, entre ellos el cóndor (Vultur gryphus), el halcón (Falco peregrinus), el picaflor (Amazilia franciae), el cuy (Cavia porcellus) y la llama (Lama glama).
Ranulfo Cavero-Carrasco, Francisco Espinoza-Montes   +1 more
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Challenges and opportunities in mitigating sarcoptic mange in wild South American camelids

The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 90, Issue 1, January 2026.
Wild South American camelids—vicuña and guanaco—face threats from sarcoptic mange, a contagious skin disease linked to severe population declines. Despite its impact, major gaps remain in understanding disease dynamics. This review summarizes current knowledge, identifies key data and management gaps, and outlines urgent actions for effective ...
Alynn M. Martin, Emiliana Isasi‐Catalá, Marília Salgado‐Caxito, Ana Gallegos, Leonardo Hostos‐Olivera, Paulo Colchao‐Claux, Steve Smith, L. Fabian Beltran‐Saavedra, Catherine Dougnac, Camila Germana, Mariana Montoya, Scott Carver, Paul C. Cross, Christian Walzer   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dieta de la llama (Lama glama) en la estepa magallánica

Ecología Austral, 1997
Se estudió estacionalmente la composición botánica de la dieta de la llama (Lama glama) en la estepa magallánica mediante análisis microhistológico de heces. Las gramíneas fueron la fracción más importante de la dieta a lo largo de todo el año, seguidas
Gabriela Posse, Enrique Livraghi
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Bluetongue Virus Serotype 3 Follow‐Up of the 2024 Outbreak in Two Belgian Zoos

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
In summer 2024, Western Europe experienced extensive outbreaks of bluetongue virus Serotype 3 (BTV‐3), a Culicoides‐borne orbivirus. Clinical disease was first detected in August 2024 in one of two Belgian zoos, predominantly affecting European bison (Bison bonasus) and American bison (Bison bison).
Jonas Spruyt, Laurens Van Mulders, Ilse De Leeuw, Nick De Regge, Barbara Beci, Francis Vercammen, Efstathios Giotis S.   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transboundary Animal Diseases Associated With Cross‐Border Camel Movement. A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Transboundary animal diseases (TADs) are contagious diseases that significantly impact livestock health, public health and economic stability. In regions with frequent cross‐border trade and transhumance involving camels, particularly the Middle East and Africa, TADs pose a heightened One Health risk due to their zoonotic potential and capacity to ...
Alex A. Adikwu, Theophilus I. Emeto, Paul F. Horwood, Olajide A. Owolodun, Andrew M. Adamu, Oyelola A. Adegboye, Abdelfattah Selim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns and drivers of range filling of alien mammals in Europe

Oikos, Volume 2025, Issue 9, September 2025.
Biological invasions are major drivers of biodiversity change. Alien mammals are particularly concerning in Europe, where their expansion remains unabated, though the driving factors are still unclear. Well‐documented introductions and distributions in this continent provide a unique opportunity to understand how human activities influenced this ...
Lisa Tedeschi, Bernd Lenzner, Anna Schertler, Johannes Wessely, Dino Biancolini, César Capinha, Beatrice Melone, Carmen Diana Soria, Carlo Rondinini, Franz Essl   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detection of Sarcocystis aucheniae in blood of llama using a duplex semi-nested PCR assay and its association with cyst infestation

Heliyon, 2018
The protozoon Sarcocystis aucheniae is the causative agent of South American camelid (SAC) sarcocystosis. Infections are characterized by the presence of cysts in muscles which are in size and appearance similar to rice grains.
Cecilia Decker Franco, Sandra Romero, Alejandro Ferrari, Leonhard Schnittger, Monica Florin-Christensen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sistemática, taxonomía y domesticación de alpacas y llamas: nueva evidencia cromosómica y molecular Systematics, taxonomy and domestication of alpaca and llama: new chromosomal and molecular evidence

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2007
Existen cuatro especies de camélidos sudamericanos, dos de ellos silvestres, guanaco (Lama guanicoe) y vicuña (Vicugna vicugna), y dos formas domésticas, alpaca (Lama pacos) y llama (Lama glama), cuyo origen ha sido objeto de debate.
JUAN C MARÍN, BEATRIZ ZAPATA, BENITO A GONZÁLEZ, CRISTIAN BONACIC, JANE C WHEELER, CIARA CASEY, MICHAEL W BRUFORD, R. EDUARDO PALMA, ELIE POULIN, M. ANGÉLICA ALLIENDE, ÁNGEL E SPOTORNO   +10 more
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Activity modulation of microbial enzymes by llama (Lama glama) heavy-chain polyclonal antibodies during in vivo immune responses

Animal, 2012
Since they were first described in 1993, it was found that recombinant variable fragments (rVHHs) of heavy-chain antibodies (HCAbs) from Camelidae have unusual biophysical properties, as well as a special ability to interact with epitopes that are ...
A. Ferrari, F.S. Weill, M.L. Paz, E.M. Cela, D.H. González Maglio, J. Leoni   +5 more
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TOPOGRAPHY AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE LLAMA (Lama glama) STOMACH

International Journal of Morphology, 2004
El estomago de los camelidos sudamericanos presenta una estructura morfologica diferente al de rumiantes verdaderos. El objetivo del presente trabajo fue describir las caracteristicas anatomicas e histologicas del estomago de la llama y sus relaciones con las estructuras adyacentes. Se utilizaron cuatro llamas machos.
Alzola, Ricardo Horacio, Ghezzi, Marcelo Daniel, Gimeno, Eduardo Juan, Lupidio, María Cristina, Castro, Alejandra Nelly, Rodríguez, Julio Armando   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources