Neonatal Diarrhea in Llamas and Alpacas

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Journal Small Rumin Res

Publisher Elsevier

Date 2020 Apr 15

PMID 32288213

Citations 20

Authors

Claire E Whitehead

David E Anderson

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Abstract

Diarrhea is an important cause of morbidity in neonatal llamas and alpacas. Diarrhea may be multifactorial in etiology including management and nutritional factors as well as a variety of pathogens. Most of the pathogens involved affect other livestock species and some have host-adapted strains. However, the clinical signs, their expected severity and age of onset of disease varies between species in some cases. The most common pathogens causing diarrhea in neonatal camelids are coronavirus, (), spp., spp. and coccidia. The purpose of this paper is to review the available literature on neonatal diarrhea in camelids and to present clinical data from 55 cases seen at The Ohio State University.

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