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Mike Safley has owned alpacas since 1984. Mike is a past president of the Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association (AOBA), the Alpaca Registry Inc., and was founding editor of Alpacas magazine. Mike owns and operates Northwest Alpacas and alpacas.com.

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Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Alpaca Husbandry

Recommendations for Testing for Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus in Alpacas & Llamas

By Susy Carman, DVM PhD

Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) and persistent infection (PI) is a newly recognized disease in alpaca. So far only one persistently infected alpaca cria has been studied. The following BVDV testing strategies for alpaca are based on comparative medicine and derived from those currently used for cattle. These recommendations may need to be refined as more is learned about BVDV in alpaca. Read the entire article.

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