Dear Laura,
If she was really treated for MH, her blood levels should be low and the likelyhood of showing its ugly head low. May I ask why did you give her Biomycin????
It is hard to make a sale these days. I am sorry the sellers needed the sale so badly that they were afraid of this disclosure up front. The truth is that a very HIGH percentage of ALL of our alpacas have this disease. We have to overcome the stigma of disclosure so that these animals are protected. At least these people told you in the paperwork......alot of people are not telling it at all. (Sometimes they just do not know, nor have any reason to suspect.) Dr. Lisa Williamson thinks that this disease came in importation. She and alot of vets think that we should not treat a positive animal.....many of us think you should. We believe it improves the quality of life of dams like yours. It also lowers the chance of infection to other animals. A few farms have set their standards to include MH testing with breeding practices and presence on their farms. I think this is good. Label these animals and treat them, then transport them.
I really believe AOBA should make MH testing right up there with BVDV. ( You hear me, board members????) Polio was not "wiped out", so to speak, until everyone was vaccinated. MH won't be either.
I'll bet money your dam and her cria will just get stronger every day and you won't regret buying her one bit!!!
Take care.
Nancy Miller
Crooked Pine Hollow Alpacas
76 Van Lane
Winterville, Ga. 30683
-----Original Message-----
From: Laura A. Roberts <laura0554@hughes.
net>
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, Jun 11, 2010 2:12 pm
Subject: RE: [AlpacaTalk] EPE
I'm sorry-I thought you had heard her story. I bought her sight unseen and she was shipped from CA to VA. Yes, she was tested and treated for EPE prior to leaving CA. We also gave her Biomycin when she arrived and had her blood drawn. She definitely has EPE. We just didn't know until she arrived with all her paperwork.
She is doing well, now. We are very pleased to have been able to build her weight back up, especially since it was winter and she was still nursing. I didn't want to wean the cria immediately because I was concerned about their stress level and relocation. We had a coat made for her so she wouldn't waste energy trying to keep warm. Her fiber was very sparse.
Anyway, 7 months and 30 pounds later………we are pleased with her. Her energy level is great and she looks and acts very healthy. I know we have to keep a close eye on her and that the EPE can spread it's ugly head if she gets run down or sick.
Laura Roberts
R Half Pint Farm
Spotsylvania, VA
From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jelizabethfarms1@bellsouth.net
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 11:38 AM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] EPE
So you didn't treat her with Biomycin? You call her your EPE girl; did
you have her tested?
My matriarch has always had a hard time keeping her weight up. Well I
am not sure that is an accurate statement. She carries a large rounded
belly low......she always always always looks preg, and the right side
is always larger than the left so she has fooled me more than once;
these days until I see legs coming out her behind I won't believe she is
preg! But her hips and along the top of spine area are just skin and
bone.
So I am unsure as to whether to suspect EPE or not. I am leaning in
that direction, but just hate to inject anything that I don't absolutely
have to.
She gets plenty to eat - all she will eat.....with no competition as
they are all fed separately - so that is not the problem.
Janice
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