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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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Nearctic Pleistocene ungulates from the Pampean region (Argentina) in the historical collections of Santiago Roth in Switzerland: an overview

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, Raúl I. Vezzosi, Keesha M. Ming, Zoe M. Christen, Dimila Mothé, Damián Ruiz-Ramoni, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra   +6 more
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Productive parameters in South American camelids

Manglar, 2021
The objective of this study wasto determine the productive parameters in South American camelids. The study was carried out in the Quimsachata camelid germplasm bank, located in the department of Puno, Peru. The monthly alpacas and llamas counting sheets for the 2014-2018 period were used. The total annual average capital
Rubén Mamani, Mario Gonzáles, Nicoll Condori, Ferdynand Huacani, Vilk Checalla   +4 more
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Camels as a Climate‐Resilient Linchpin for Sustainable Development in Global Drylands

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Camels represent a significant, yet underutilized, asset for advancing integrated sustainable development in the world's expanding drylands. Previous reviews have examined camels' physiology, milk composition, or pastoral systems in isolation; this review examines their potential as a climate‐resilient linchpin for food systems by synthesizing
Ayana Angassa, Minyahel Tilahun, Solomon G. Tesfamichael   +2 more
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Sarcocystis spp. of New and Old World Camelids: Ancient Origin, Present Challenges

Pathogens
Sarcocystis spp. are coccidian protozoans belonging to the Apicomplexa phylum. As with other members of this phylum, they are obligate intracellular parasites with complex cellular machinery for the invasion of host cells. Sarcocystis spp.
Sarah N. Wieser, Susana M. Giuliano, Juan Reategui Ordoñez, Ximena Barriga Marcapura, Luis V. M. Olivera, Miguel Angel Chavez Fumagalli, Leonhard Schnittger, Mónica Florin-Christensen   +7 more
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The first complete mitochondrial genome of an ancient South American vicuña, Vicugna vicugna, from Tulán-54 (3200–2400 B.P. Northern Chile)

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, Anders J. Hansen, Alba Rey-Iglesia   +2 more
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Serological Survey of Antibodies to Mannheimia haemolytica and Pasteurella multocida in Camelids from Argentina [PDF]

, 2017
South American camelids are a source of livestock wealth in Andean countries. In Argentina,there is little information about camelid pathogens, and most of the literature data available areseroprevalence works against virus.
Calcagno, M. L., Canellada, Andrea Mercedes, Castro, Marisa Silvia, Díaz, Ailén Magalí, Ledesma, Martin Manuel, Leoni, Juliana, Manghi, Marcela Alejandra   +6 more
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First report of anthelmintic resistance in Haemonchus contortus in alpacas in Australia [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Parasitic nematodes can cause substantial clinical and subclinical problems in alpacas and anthelmintics are regularly used to control parasitic nematodes in alpacas.
Abdul Jabbar, Angus JD Campbell, Jennifer A Charles, Robin B Gasser   +3 more
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Evaluation of a non‐radioactive rapid test for determination of serum progesterone in South American camelids

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Determination of the serum progesterone (P4) concentration is of high importance in reproductive medicine and may be applied for diagnosing pregnancy in South American camelids. P4 measurements in alpacas and llamas are usually performed using immunoassays, which are time consuming and require appropriate expertise of laboratory ...
Lina Längerer, Gerhard Schuler, Philipp Pohlscheid, Henrik Wagner, Kathrin Büttner, Axel Wehrend   +5 more
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Paleoparasitological analysis on animal-origin coprolites from the Moche archaeological site Licapa II, Chicama Valley, Peru (450–900 AD)

Parasitology
Paleoparasitological research has allowed the recovery and identification of parasite structures like helminth eggs, protozoan oocysts, arthropod remains, as well as parasite ancient DNA molecules preserved in human and animal-origin archaeological ...
Darío Alejandro Ramirez, Carito Tavera Medina, Henry Tantaleán, Rodrigo Nores   +3 more
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