| experimental infections of eimeria alpacae and eimeria punoensis in llamas (lama glama). | four llamas (lama glama) ranging in age from 1.5 yr to 7 yr each were inoculated orally with 10,000 (n = 2) or 50,000 (n = 2) sporulated oocysts of eimeria alpacae (25%) and eimeria punoensis (75%). the prepatent period for e. aplacae was 16-18 days, and it was 10 days for e. punoensis. patent periods for e. alpacae and e. punoensis were approximately 9 days and 24 days, respectively. although large numbers of oocysts were present in feces, no clinical sign of coccidiosis was observed. based on ... | 1992 | 1403436 |
| diagnosis and treatment of eimeria macusaniensis in an adult alpaca with signs of colic. | a young adult pregnant alpaca was presented with an acute episode of abdominal pain. hematology revealed mild anemia, neutropenia with a degenerative left shift and moderate toxic changes in neutrophils, hyperfibrinogenemia, hypoproteinemia, and hypoalbuminemia. abdominal ultrasound showed a small intestinal segment with severely increased wall thickness and collapsed lumen. exploratory laparotomy revealed a markedly thickened 60cm jejunal segment with reddened serosa from which a full-thickness ... | 2009 | 18036857 |