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Camelids Flashcards

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Are Dromedary and Bacterian Old World or New World Camelids?

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Old world

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Old World Camelid, with one hump, from the Arabian desert

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Dromedary

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Old World, two-humped camel from the Mongolian deserts

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Bacterian

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What are the three New World Lamas?

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Llama, Alpaca, Guanaco

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New World camelid that is its own species

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Vicunas (tiny antelope type)

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What is the term for a group of females housed together?

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Harem

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Are alpacas or llamas softer?

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Alpacas are softer

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What is the rarest camelid?

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Suri

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What is the “classical llama”?

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Ccara Llama

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The most common alapaca, hardy with crimped fiber

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Huacaya

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Minority alpaca with straight fiber

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Suri

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What alpacas provide the finest fleeces?

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Yearling alpacas

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What type of estrous cycle do camelids have?

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Polyestrous

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What is the age of puberty for a female llama vs alpaca?

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Llama 6-12 months

Alpaca 1 year

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What is the age of puberty for a male llama vs alpaca?

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Both 2-3 years old

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What is the age for first breeding?

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2.5-3.5 years

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What is the frequency of the estrous cycle?

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8-12 days

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What is the duration of estrus?

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4-5 days

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Twinning is more common in llamas or alpacas?

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Llama

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What is weaning age?

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5-6 months

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What is the most common method of reproduction?

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Live Cover

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What horn do you transcervically artificially inseminate?

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Left uterine horn

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What stage of parturition lasts 1-6 hours and may involve humming, frequent visits to dung pile, lying down

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Stage 1

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Stage of parturition that lasts 20-30 minutes, but no longer than an hour, birth standing and do NOT lick cria.

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Stage of parturition that lasts 1-6 hours, mothers do not eat placenta
Stage 3
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Dystocia in camelids is rare, but may occur due to what 3 conditions?
Malpositioning Poor Cervical Dilation Uterine Torsion
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Grain should not be fed before ___ \_\_\_\_ of age
3 months
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Too much attention and bottle feeding crias may result in what syndrom?
Berserk Male Syndrome (BMS or Aberrant Behaviour Syndrome)
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What is the percentage of body weight crias should gain in the first 24 hours?
10-20%
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What teeth are the fighting teeth?
Permanent upper incisors, upper and lower canines
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What teeth may females or castrated males not have?
Permanent canines
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What teeth rarely erupt in females and only 5% of males?
Deciduous canines
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True or false, routine floating is recommended
False
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What type of ruminants are camelids?
Modified ruminants, 3 compartment stomach
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True or false, camelids can be fed oats
False The barbs on oats can cause ulcers
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True or False, camelids have a low protein requirement
True
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What mineral are camelids sensitive to and could have toxicity complications from?
Copper
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What mineral deficiency may present as dermatitis?
Zinc deficiency
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What ar the two techniques used for blood draws?
High jug and low jug
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What technique decreases chances of arterial blood collection?
High jugular
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What is the technique for a high jug blood collection?
Head perpendicular to the cervical vertebrae and palpate the sternomandibularis tendon, insert the needle just dorsal and caudal
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What is the technique for a low jug blood collection?
Elevate head and insert needle just medial to enlarged transverse process of the sixth cervical vertebrae. Be careful to avoid the carotid artery
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Where is arterial blood sampling performed?
low jug
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Where do you clip for a liver biopsy?
Ninth intercostal space about 9-10 inches from the top of the back to the right side
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Where is the tube placed for administering oral medications?
Interdental space and advanced into the caudal aspect of the mouth. Avoid medicating into cheek pouch due to ulcers
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What muscles should be avoided in camelids for IM injections?
Neck muscles
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Medication should be administered towards \_\_\_\_\_
The heart
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Where are SQ injections given?
Cranial to shoulder and caudal to elbow
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What is the fasting protocol for animals over 4 months of age?
No food for 12-18 hours, unlimited access to water
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What is the fasting protocol for animals younger than 4 months of age?
Not recommended, supplement with dextrose
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What is the most common complication of general anesthesia?
Nasal edema
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When are males castrated?
2 years +
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What are the complications associated with castrating before the age of 2?
Straight hindlegs, lateral patellar luxation, degenerative osteoarthritis in the stifles
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Why is heat stress more often seen in llamas?
double coat
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GI parasitism, malnutrition, negative energy balance and stress are all pre-disposing factors of what?
Hepatic lipidosis
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Normally secondary and associated with high mortality, obese and emaciated animals
Hepatic lipidosis
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Parelaphostrongylus tenuis is what?
Meningeal worm
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What is the treatment for stomach ulcers?
Reducing acid production and increasing pH, pantoprazole SQ or IV used as treatment or prophylaxis

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