AHW Camelids

Question 1

What species is the camelid under

How much does an adult weigh?

Answer 1

1. species = llama

2. adult = 150-180kg

Question 2

difference between llama and alpaca

Answer 2

These are domesticted
Llama
1. 140-180kg
2. bananna shaped ears
3. usually no fleece on legs
Alpaca
1. F = 60-80kg male 90
2. fleece on legs
3. pointy ears
4. fringe

Question 3

Name the undomesticated

Answer 3

1. Vicuna = not kept as pets
2. Guanaco. Larger than llama. Treated like deer
   both subject to CITES

Question 4

What are the breeds within the alpaca?

Answer 4

2 breeds
1. SURI
dreadlock fleece, parting = more susceptible to damp
2. HUACAYA
fluffy fleece

Question 5

llama breeds

Answer 5

1. many different

2. not really knows so only need to know the 2 alpaca (suri and huacaya)

Question 6

Why keep camelids?

Answer 6

1. fleece = soft, hollow (lightweight) warm in winter, cool in summer
2. social - shows, agility, tracking, old people homes

Question 7

Average price of alpaca

Answer 7

1. female = 5-8k

Question 8

Vocalisation

Answer 8

1. humming = normal
2. snort = more agitated
3. clicking
4. alarm = shriek

Question 9

Ovulation

Answer 9

1. induced ovulation

2. oorgling sound by male when mating

Question 10

Spitting

Answer 10

1. first spit

2. next = stomach contents

Question 11

Halter fit

Answer 11

1. nose band must be vvvvvv close to eye as bone starts high up
2. is band on soft cartilage = obstructs airway = panic

Question 12

Why not surpass stress threshold and what are signs of stress

Answer 12

1. mouth bleeding = open mouth
2. back off, give 5 mins then come back
3. work themselves into complete stress = comatosed
4. Mouth breathing, laboured breathing, rapid oscillation of eye, head back, comatosed

Question 13

What is the difference between mouth breathing and pouting?

Answer 13

1. MB, lower lip at teeth line just got open mouth

2. pouting lower lip completely down

Question 14

What are youngsters called

Answer 14

CRIA

Question 15

Name for intact male, castrated male, unweaned young,

Answer 15

1. intact male = Male, stud, macho
2. castrated male = Gelding, wether
3. Unweaned young = cria

Question 16

Name for haircoat, weaned, giving birth

Answer 16

1. Act of giving birth = Birthing (calving)
2. Weaned = Juvenile, weanling, adolescent
3. Haircoat = Fibre, Hair, Fleece (not wool)

Question 17

Alpaca feet

Answer 17

1. walk on leathery pads
2. nail at front = trip to make it level with pad
3. both P2 and P3. walk on both
4. metatarsal glands on back legs inside and outsdie

Question 18

Dentistry

Answer 18

1. like ruminants = incisors only in lower jaw
2. dental pad on upper
3. 4 pairs of insicors
4. gap and cheek teeth
5. fighting teeth in upper jaw: incisor 3 and canine tooth
6. canine in lower
7. All entire males develop. Lot of females and castrated = don’t catch
8. ask to cut often
9. gap and cheek teeth = blades cutting against. Occasionally need to rasp but never made completely smooth as used to cut (unlike horse)

Question 19

Ruminant? not? what?

Answer 19

1. stoamch has 3 compartments

2. not ruminant as no rumen so called pseudo ruminant

Question 20

Talk about stoamch

Answer 20

1. called compartment 1, 2 and 3
2. compartment 2 = outpouch of comp 1
3. compartment 3 = last 3rd to 1/4 adn pH drops to 2/3. previous = 6 ish
4. ventral aspect C1 and C2 = sacules = inc contact surface area and secrete bicarbonate
5. sufficient nutrient converter
6. C3 = long tube like
7. right angle kink
8. duodenum = widening ampulla at start

Question 21

Intestine

Answer 21

1. small and large similar to ruminants. 10-12 m long. SI = 7 m
2. spiral colon, sudden reduction in diameter

Question 22

Liver

Answer 22

1. NO gallllll

2. rough surface

Question 23

Why are camelids so special?!

Answer 23

1. complete mixture of the best features
2. leather pads not hoofs
3. no gall like horse
4. indiced ovlation like cat
5. 3 stomach compartments - not 4, not 1
6. pellet poo like rabbits

Question 24

Diarrhoea

Answer 24

1. SERIOUSLY dehydrated = able to absorb lot of water in hindgut so if D = bad news
2. get on intravenous drip asap

Question 25

NUTRITIOn

Answer 25

1. V efficient nutrient converter
2. selective feeding
3. slowly digestible structural constituents
4. increase C1 retention time by 6-8 hrs
5. inc C1 volume
6. Efficient urea recycling and urea degredation

Question 26

Appetite

Answer 26

1. although most species = 3 %
2. alpaca = 1.8% BW
3. Llama = 2%
   Challenge in late pregnant animal and early alctation. Eat 20-30% less than sheep

Question 27

Gestation

Answer 27

11.5 months

Question 28

When additional energy requirements

Answer 28

1. third trimester (month 9, 10, 11)
2. Alpaca 9 months = 2MJ extra, 10 = 4, 11 = 6
3. Llama 3, 6, 9 MJ extra
4. lactation A = 4 MJ extra
   L = 6.5 MJ extra

Question 29

if want to change diet over how long period?

Answer 29

fortnight

Question 30

Main health issue with these animals

Answer 30

1. rickets
2. vit D deficiency
3. important to supplement especially over winter and dark fleece
   ALSO
4. overweight: want body condition score 2.5 out of 5

Question 31

Water requirements

Answer 31

1. usually 3% body weight
2. lactation and exercise = 8%
3. hot/ humid = 10-15%