A project of the national center for appropriate technology 18003469140. Routine cria care should include weighing and single dipping the navel in 7% tincture of iodine or 0. Similarities both have fiber that is soft, free of guard hair, and considered luxury fiber. Page 4 attra llamas and alpacas on the farm llama fi ber for knitting and weaving. Herd health of llamas and alpacas exotic and laboratory.
Follow the link for your free hard copy or pdf copy of the national guide to the selection of animals fit to transport 2012. At birth is an ideal time to take a blood sample if there. Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf haematology and biochemistry in alpacas and llamas article pdf available in in practice 316 june 2009 with 2,735 reads. Give one dose once per day for three days in a row max.
In the andes mountains of peru, llama fleece has been shorn and used in textiles for about 6,000 years. Pdf haematology and biochemistry in alpacas and llamas. Llamas are used as meat and pack animals, and produce a soft lanolinfree wool. May need to repeat in two weeks depending on parasite load. Newborn cria must be provided with a hygienic environment with protection. Should be offered free choice in a container in a sheltered area. Any incident or injury that occurs in association with an activity must be reported, recorded and notified in accordance with.
Pdf neonatal diarrhea in llamas and alpacas researchgate. The llama lama glama is a domesticated south american camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by andean cultures since the precolumbian era. Pdf diarrhea is an important cause of morbidity in neonatal llamas and alpacas. Llama wool is light, warm, waterrepellent, and free.
Proyecto alpacas, convenio cotesuiniaa, 1989 alpaca 169 pages. Alpaca and llama parasite treatment albendazole valbazen 10mgkg do not recommend in pregnancy or for young crias. Llamas are very social animals and live with others as a herd. Gallinas 26 grafts 1 llamas 2 manuales 14 mariposas 2. Llamas give birth standing, and the process is usually relatively quick and problemfree, over in less than 30 minutes. Stacey byers, dvm, ms, dipl acvim vaccines are a common way to provide individual and herd immunity to a variety of bacteria or viral agents. Blood collected from both the nonparasitemic dam and the cria were positive for m. In samples submitted from diarrhoeic alpaca and llama crias young camelids in england and wales between 1999 and. Risks associated with zoonotic diseases carried by alpacas and llamas must be identified and measures planned to allow activities to be conducted with an acceptable level of residual risk.
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