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Assessing soil and native high Andean grassland quality under grazing: A case study from the wet Puna of Peru

Grassland Science, Volume 72, Issue 3, Page 163-174, July 2026.
Abstract High Andean grasslands are vulnerable to changes in their nutritional quality and carbon sequestration capacity, especially in grazing systems. This study evaluated soil quality and native grasses by measuring carbon, physicochemical parameters, and the nutritional quality of predominant species in the wet Puna of Junín, Peru.
Alberto Arias‐Arredondo, Wendy E. Pérez, Sphyros Lastra, Juancarlos Cruz, Richard Solórzano‐Acosta, Cecilia Turín   +5 more
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Capturing and radio ear‐tagging neonatal vicuñas

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2012
We used and evaluated the effectiveness of a hand‐capture technique to capture and mark neonatal vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) at San Guillermo National Park, west‐central Argentina. We captured and marked 98 neonates during 5–31 January, 2008–2010.
Emiliano Donadio, Mariel Ruiz Blanco, Ramiro D. Crego, Steven W. Buskirk, Andrés J. Novaro   +4 more
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ASIP Variants in Livestock: It's Not Black and White

Animal Genetics, Volume 57, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Fur and feather pigmentation play an important role in the survival and reproduction of many species, as well as in selective breeding and agriculture. The synthesis of pigment molecules, eumelanin and pheomelanin, is partially regulated by the agouti signalling protein (ASIP) encoded by the ASIP gene.
Isabella M. Brown, Kylie A. Munyard
wiley   +1 more source

Utilización racional de la vicuña silvestre en Perú

Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 1979
Ningún otro mamífero silvestre de los Andes es tan conocido como la vicuña (Vicugna vicugna Molina 1782). Este esbelto, y llamativo animal siempre ha ocupado un lugar destacado tanto en las canciones, leyendas y narraciones populares, como en la ...
K. C. Otte, R. K. Hofmann
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Nanobodies: A Promising Toolkit for Diagnostic Applications

SmartMat, Volume 7, Issue 3, June 2026.
This review focuses on camelid‐derived nanobodies (VHHs) and explains how their small size and high stability support robust diagnostic design. Applications across ELISA, lateral flow assays, and PET/SPECT imaging are summarized, along with clinical progress such as caplacizumab.
Wei Wu, Abid Ali, Li Sun, Jiahao Hu, Lina Hameed, Saba Shafi, Ali Raza, Khuzin Dinislam, Wenjing Xing, Long Rong, Jie Lin, Jian Ma   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Late Pleistocene distribution of vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) and the "extinction" of the gracile llama ("Lama gracilis"): New molecular data

, 2009
We present the results of a palaeogenetic analysis of two Late Pleistocene camelids originating in southern Chile. Our analysis of two mitochondrial DNA fragments (control region and cytochrome b gene) reveals that these specimens do not belong to an ...
Prieto, Alfredo, Marin, Juan Carlos, Gilbert, M. Thomas P., Weinstock, Jaco, Gonzalez, Benito A., Willerslev, Eske, Shapiro, Beth, Juan Carlos Marín, Willersleva, Eske, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Carlos Marin, Juan, Beth Shapiro, Alfredo Prieto, Eske Willerslev, Jaco Weinstock, Benito A. González   +15 more
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Does the presence of livestock alter the trophic behaviour of sympatric populations of wild camelids Vicugna vicugna Molina 1782 and Lama guanicoe Müller 1976 (Artiodactyla: Camelidae)? Evidence from Central Andes

Gayana, 2020
We described and compared the diets of two sympatric Andean camelids, during the humid season (austral summer) in a site of Northern Chile, in presence of domestic livestock.
Carlos Tirado, A. Cortés, M. A. Carretero, Francisco Bozinovic   +3 more
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Study of testicular echogenic texture in alpacas (Vicugna pacos): effect of cystic degeneration and environmental temperature [PDF]

, 2022
openStudio della tessitura ecogenica testicolare in alpaca (vicugna pacos) mediante l’utilizzo del programma ImageJ.
BETTELLA, SARA
core  

Zooarqueología de la aldea formativa de Palo Blanco (Tinogasta, Catamarca, Argentina)

Revista del Museo de Antropologia, 2015
En el presente trabajo se abordan los conjuntos arqueofaunísticos de la localidad arqueológica de Palo Blanco recuperados en intervenciones realizadas en la década de 1960 y en la década de 2000.
Juan Pablo Miyano, Mariana De Nigris, Norma Ratto   +2 more
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Weaving a vicuña shawl

Pastoralism, 2022
Vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) were at risk of extinction due to indiscriminate hunting for their fibre in the mid-twentieth century. The conservation of the species included numerous international and regional legal mechanisms, as well as the will and care ...
Bibiana Vilá, Yanina Arzamendia
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