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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleOat Pellets and Hay in Alpacas of Pastures of the Andean Zone, PerúMarcial Enciso Altamirano, Jimny Núñez Delgado, Alejandrina Sotelo-Méndez et al.The research was carried out at the INIA's Quimsachata experimental center in Puno, Peru; with the purpose of evaluating oat pellets and hay in Alpaca pastures in the Andean Zone. A total of Sixty-three 15-month-old female alpacas were used to evaluate their weight gain and feed consumption. The experiment was conducted with three treatments and 21 replicates under a completely … …American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Vol. 19, Issue 4 · 4 Mar 2025 · 5,583 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractConservation of Binding of Llama and Other Animals’ Hemoglobins to Haptoglobins Across SpeciesMoges Woldemeskel, Oluseyi A. VanderpuyeThe plasma protein haptoglobin binds hemoglobin released from lysed erythrocytes. It causes removal of the free hemoglobin, thus preventing pathological oxidation of cells. Hemoglobin higher level structures are well conserved across animal species but primary structures can be as little as 50% homologous. Because of these differences, the question arose as to what extent hemoglobins can bind to haptoglobins from … …American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vol. 14, Issue 1 · 26 Jan 2018 · 9,200 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBovine Viral Diarrhea-an Emerging Disease in Camelids a ReviewU. WerneryBovine Viral Diarrhea (BVD) is an emerging disease in both New World Camelids (NWCs) and Old World Camelids (OWCs). The virus has been isolated from NWCs particularly in alpacas and dromedaries, but there are no reports of BVD in Bactrians. BVD is an important infectious disease. Both sub-genotypes 1a, 1b and genotype 2 have been isolated from NWCs but the … …Current Research in Virology, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 30 Aug 2012 · 12,849 accessesView PDF Cite