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Dr. Maria Prado (MV, PhD, DACVIM, Research Assistant Professor, The University of Tennessee) is conducting a study on the prevalence of Eimeria macusaniensis (Emac) in the region served by UT Large Animal and how best to treat it. This multi-part study is testing the residency time of Marquis (the preferred treatment) in the llama's blood, the prevalence of Emac, and how well Marquis actually performs. She is currently in the second phase of the study, and needs fecal samples from llama owners in the region.
Emac is one of the most important emerging diseases in camelids. It is the largest of the camelid coccidia and is as commonly associated with disease and death in both adults and crias. This study will benefit us all, and I urge you to participate if you are in the southeast region. Feel free to forward this e-mail to other camelid owners in the southeast. Please excuse any cross-postings.
Dr. Prado needs samples as follows:
Fresh individual fecal samples from llamas and alpacas, about a handful of feces. These can be collected from the ground if you happen to see your animals defecate.
Store in a zip-lock bag and then refrigerate right away. Samples will need to be processed within 1 week after collection, so...
If you live near the vet school, Dr. Prado would appreciate it if you could drop them off. If not, she will need to make other arrangements and you should contact her at meprado@utk.edu (please put "Emac Study" in the subject line). It's best to make arrangements for delivery before you collect the samples! Remember, keep them cold (but not frozen).
UT will do fecal centrifugation to check for Emac and other parasites. If she finds Emac-positive animals, she will treat them for free and will do serial fecal exams.
Samples will need to be individually labeled with owner name and llama/alpaca name, and accompanied with the following information: owner's name, animal's name, species, gender and age; and deworming history (dates and product used over the past year).
Although Dr. Prado is not charging participants for running the fecal samples, UT's parasitology lab charges her grant account for such services. I have suggested that participants make a voluntary contribution to support the research, so an account has been set up to accept donations. Let's pitch in to be sure her grant money goes as far as possible to the benefit our our beloved llamas and alpacas. If you bring or send her samples (or if you just want to support her research), please send donations to the address below:
University of Tennessee
C222 Dept of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Knoxville TN 37996
Checks should be made out to University of Tennessee. VERY IMPORTANT: specify Farm Animal Research #9003700 on the subject line of the check!
If for some reason, people can't get through to Dr. Maria Prado (there are 2 Dr. Prados at UT) by e-mail, they should call the Large Animal Dept at 865-974-5701.
Now print out this message and please participate!
Regards,
Susan Gawarecki
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