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Vicuñas’(Vicugna Vicugna Mensalis) Diet Composition Under Community Management in the Puna Grasslands

XXV International Grassland Congress (IGC 2023), 2023
The objective of the present study was to determine the composition of the vicuña (V. vicugna mensalis) diet at the end of the drought period (November, 2019) in the San Cristobal de Lucanas Community, in the department of Ayacucho, Peru. Eight sites were chosen, where vicuñas were observed grazing in Pajonal (tussock grassland), Cesped (short ...
Capuñay, Katherine, Pizarro, Samuel, Ñaupari, Javier   +2 more
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Aspects of play behaviour of vicuña, Vicugna vicugna

Small Ruminant Research, 1994
Abstract Calves and yearling vicunas (Vicugna vicugna) were observed in the INTA-Abrapampa, Jujuy, Argentina. Vicunas played more early in the morning and late afternoon, and generally play behaviour was performed between two animals belonging to the same family. About 20% of playing included calves from different families.
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Molecular identification of Sarcocystis aucheniae in the wild South American camelid Vicugna vicugna

Veterinary Research Communications
Vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) are wild South American camelids (SACs) protected by law in Argentina, and information on pathogens that infect them is scarce. In this study, an adult vicuña found dead in the province of Salta was examined, and evidence of infection by Sarcocystis sp. protozoans was sought. Infection of skeletal muscles by S. aucheniae, with
Sarah N Wieser, Maria M Cafrune, Leonhard Schnittger   +2 more
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Capture of the vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) for sustainable use: Animal welfare implications

Biological Conservation, 2006
Abstract The current program of vicuna conservation includes their live-capture for wool harvest in the Andes Region in northern Chile. Here, we describe studies that assess the impacts on the species of different variables relating to the capture process.
Bonacic, C., Feber, R. E., Macdonald, D. W.   +2 more
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Effect of exogenous progesterone and eCG treatment on ovarian follicular dynamics in vicunas (Vicugna vicugna)

Animal Reproduction Science, 2005
The aim of the present study was two-fold. First, to evaluate the effect of exogenous progesterone on ovarian follicular dynamics in order to assess its ability to synchronize ovarian activity in the vicuna. Secondly, to evaluate the ovarian response to the treatment with eCG through the observation of the structures developed in the ovaries ...
M A, Aba, M H, Miragaya, M G, Chaves, E F, Capdevielle, B, Rutter, A, Agüero   +5 more
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genetic diversity of Vicugna vicugna mensalis in Bolivia

2011
The vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) is one of two wild South American camelids. Nowadays in Bolivia, there are over 62,869 animals representing 20% of the world’s population breeding in the wild as the only management system. Two subspecies of vicuna are currently accepted, based largely on genetic and size differences: Vicugna vicugna vicugna, distributed in
J. Barreta, V. Iñiguez, R.J. Sarno, B. Gutiérrez-Gil, J.J. Arranz   +4 more
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Status of the Vicugna Vicugna vicugna: at the Lima Zoo Parque de las Leyendas

International Zoo Yearbook, 1989
MONICA CAYO, ELCIARIO NARANJO
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The Presence of Dandruff in the Vicuña Fleece (Vicugna Vicugna Mensalis) of Apurímac

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2022
Rubén Pinares, Virgilio Machaca, Valeriano Paucara, Alfonso Víctor Bustinza, Jesús Esteban Quispe-Coaquira, Óscar Arbieto-Mamani   +5 more
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vicugna

2021
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Alpaca (Vicugna pacos), the first nonprimate species with a phosphoantigen-reactive Vγ9Vδ2 T cell subset

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020
Alina S Fichtner, Siyi Gu, Christopher T Boughter   +2 more
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