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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.
Stefano Pallotti +4 more
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Protein Fractions as Indicators of Stress in Alpacas [PDF]
AnimalsThe alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is an herbivorous ruminate mammal from the camelid family (Camelidae) [...]
Monika Budzyńska +2 more
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Epidemiology of sarcoptic mange in free-ranging vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna): a cross-sectional study in Andean highland communities in Peru [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia VeterináriaSarcoptic mange or scabies is a contagious parasitic skin disease that affects a wide range of domestic and wildlife species. A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence, molecular identification, and characteristics of sarcoptic ...
Marcos Enrique Serrano-Martínez +9 more
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Whole genome sequencing analysis of alpaca suggests TRPV3 as a candidate gene for the suri phenotype [PDF]
BMC GenomicsBackground Alpaca is a domestic South American camelid probably arising from the domestication of two wild camelids, the vicugna and the guanaco. Two phenotypes are described for alpaca, known as huacaya and suri.
Stefano Pallotti +6 more
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Revista del Museo de Antropologia, 2009 Se presenta un análisis osteométrico uni y multivariado con los materiales fósiles -principalmente huesos cortos y falanges- de Vicugna sp. del yacimiento Cueva Lago Sofía 4 (13500 – 11000 AP), ubicado en la provincia de Última Esperanza (Región de ...
Rafael Labarca Encina +1 more
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Controversies and Common Ground in Wild and Domestic Fine Fiber Production in Argentina
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 This work analyzes possible obstacles to developing new products or old merchandise using an innovative method. It will look into stakeholders of fine fiber and meat products from three distinctive socioecological systems.
Julieta von Thungen +2 more
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Etología de camélidos y arte rupestre de la Subregión río Salado (norte de Chile, II Región)1
Estudios Atacameños, 2002 RESUMEN Este trabajo trata sobre un estilo de arte rupestre del Período Formativo Temprano registrado en la precordillera de la Subregión río Salado. El estilo, llamado Confluencia, se caracteriza principalmente por el detalle con que fueron retratados
Josefina González
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Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2020 Twenty-one vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) from a Chilean breeding unit were tested to serovars Pomona, Canicola, Copenhageni, Ballum and Grippotyphosa of Leptospira interrogans using the microscopic microagglutination technique.
Cecilia Norambuena +4 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 The domestic South American camelid Vicugna pacos L. is distributed along Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina. Here, we contribute to the bioinformatics and evolutionary systematics of the Camelidae by performing high-throughput sequencing analysis on ...
Danilo E. Bustamante +5 more
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Morphometric characterization and classification of vicuña sperm (Vicugna vicugna) using ISAS® CASA-Morph system [PDF]
SPERMOVA, 2021 The aim of the study was to determine the morphological and morphometric characteristics of the vicuña sperm (Vicugna vicugna), looking for possible subpopulations in its structure.
Hernán Cucho +5 more
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