Resource Library & Articles
Let us know if there is a topic you would like to see added to our library. We also welcome authors and alpaca/llama owners to submit articles for review. Email me with requests or submissions.
BVD Virus
- BVD Virus — A Serious Health Problem for Alpacas
by Nancy Carr, MD and Susy Carman DVM PhD - Our BVD Story
by Lucy & Charles Farrar - BVD Virus and Alpacas — The Detective Story
by Nancy Carr, MD
EPE — Mycoplasma haemolamae
- EPE – The Infection Formerly Known as Eperythrozoonosis in Camelids
by Susan J. Tornquist, DVM, PhD, Dip. ACVP - Eperythrozoonosis in Llamas and Alpacas
by Sharon Heisler, Veterinary Student & David E Anderson, DVM, MS, DACVS - Eperythrozoon or Mycoplasma haemolamae: New Name for an Old Problem
by Derek Foster, DVM - Hemotrophic mycoplasmas — a review and new insights into pathogenic potential
by Joanne B. Messick - A New Name for an Old Disease
by Anita & Mickey Gross
Farm & Herd Management
- Farm Management Strategies to Prevent the Development and Spread of Viral Illness
by Tom Cameron DVM and Steve Hull, PhD - Stress — Worry Wrinkles in Alpacas and Llamas
by Cathy Spalding - How and When to Use Boiler Plate Alpaca Contracts
by Allison Moss-Fritch - Nitrate Toxicity in Alpacas
by Irene Fuller - Nitrate and Nitrite Poisoning
by David L. Morris, DVM, PhD.
Focus on Worms
- Barberpole Worms — Parasites of Another Stripe
by Raymond H. Fetterer, Marcia L. Roads, and Dolores E. Hill - Now for the Gut Worms!
by Steve Hull, PhD - A Haemonchus contortus Management Plan for Sheep and Goats (Applicable to Alpacas)
by Rick Machen, Frank Craddock, Tom Craig, and Tom Fuchs - The Barber Pole Worm — How to Cope With a Killer (Applicable to Alpacas)
by Jackie Nix - Alpaca Farm Under Attack — One Farms Battle with Haemonchus contortus
by Vida Palmer
Foot & Mouth
- Foot and Mouth Disease in Camelids
by Christopher K. Cebra, VMD, MS, Diplomate ACVIM
Weather Related
- To Run or Not to Run? (Hurricane Isabelle)
by Lisa Olsen - How to Survive a Storm (Hurricane Isabelle)
by Lisa Olsen - Coping with Drought
by R T Dixon B.V.Sc. - Are You Feeding More and Enjoying Less? (Drought related)
by Dr Richard Dixon B.V.Sc

