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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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Skin diseases of South American camelids [PDF]
In Practice, 2007 CAMELIDS, and alpacas in particular, are growing in popularity in the UK. These animals often present with skin disease and provide a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the veterinary clinician. While much has been made about the role of nutritional problems related to zinc, dermatological problems in these species are frequently associated with ...
Foster, Aiden +2 more
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Severe anaemia secondary to a perforated gastric ulcer in a male alpaca
Irish Veterinary Journal, 2023 Background Anaemia is a common condition in alpacas and attributable to a variety of causes. Severe anaemia with a packed cell volume (PCV) less than 10% is frequently diagnosed, usually due to blood loss resulting from haemonchosis.
Matthias Gerhard Wagener +7 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2018 South American camelids are susceptible to tuberculosis, caused mainly by Mycobacterium bovis and M. microti. Despite the tuberculin skin test being the official test for tuberculosis, it has a very low sensitivity in these species (14–20%).
Jose A. Infantes-Lorenzo +9 more
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Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 2015 The objectives of this study were to compare the effects of two intravaginal devices (ID) containing the same dose (0.5 g) of progesterone (P4) on subsequent ovarian response, embryo production and circulating P4 concentration profile in llamas (Lama ...
Juan F. Aller +5 more
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Field Trial Vaccination against Cowpox in Two Alpaca Herds
Viruses, 2020 In Europe, cowpox virus (CPXV) infection in South American camelids occurs as a so-called spill-over infection. Although infected animals generally have a mild form of the disease and survive, cases of fatal generalised CPXV infection have also been ...
Almut Prkno +8 more
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Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 2023 Nearctic ungulates such as artiodactyls, perissodactyls, and proboscideans arrived in South America during the Great American Biotic Interchange. Among them are camelids, cervids, tayassuids, equids, tapirids and gomphotherids. A historical collection of
Jorge D. Carrillo-Briceño +6 more
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Reproduction in female South American domestic camelids [PDF]
Bioscientifica Proceedings, 2019 Alpacas and llamas are induced ovulators. They show marked reproductive seasonality in the Andean region, but under Northern Hemisphere conditions of feeding and management, they are non-seasonal breeders. Puberty is attained when they reach 50% of adult body weight.
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 The first complete ancient mitochondrial genome of a vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) (3200–2400 B.P.) recovered from the Tulán-54 site (San Pedro de Atacama, Northern of Chile) was sequenced using mitochondrial enrichment by hybridization capture and subsequent
Paloma F. Díaz-Maroto +2 more
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Parasitologia, 2023 Sarcocystis aucheniae is a coccidian parasite that produces macroscopic sarcocysts in South American camelid (SAC) muscles and causes a disease known as SAC sarcocystosis.
Sarah Nathaly Wieser +6 more
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