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