Neonatal Diseases in Llamas and Alpacas

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 367-384

  Whitehead, Claire E ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpaca; Camelid; Llama; Neonatal disease; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTIODACTYLA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN HYPOXIA; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EXERCISE; FLUID THERAPY; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FLUID THERAPY; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEPSIS; VIRUS DISEASES;

ARTIODACTYLA; CAMELIDAE; LAMA (MAMMAL); LAMA GLAMA; LAMA PACOS;

EID: 65549093084     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2009.03.002     Document Type: Review

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