Re: [AlpacaTalk] Alpaca extremely sick

 

Hi Chrys,
I suspect that your male is extremely anemic and needs a transfusion. Getting beaten up is a symptom, not the cause of what is going on.
I have found through the years that the type of fecal done by vets varies tremendously dependent upon when they went to vet school. I am pretty sure your male has one of the following, this is assuming that he has been receiving memingeal worm prevention with either ivermectin, doramectin, or fenbendazole:
Haemonchus contortus (barber pole worm)
Eimeria macusaniensis
Mycoplasma haemolama
or perhaps a pneumonia.
Another possibility is thiamine deficiency or polio encephalomalacia.
Ohio has been incredibly wet and mild this year and that is the perfect scenario for intestinal parasites. If you can load him and go to OSU, that would be best. If not, put a coat on your friend. I notice that you aren't too far from Findlay. Might I recommend that you contact Dr. Pam Walker at Alpaca Jacks. She used to teach part time at OSU until budget cuts took her off the faculty. The only number I have is (419) 423-3890

It is not looking good for this fellow, you need to do something very quickly. A transfusion may be his only hope if he is so anemic that he can't get up.

The Shouvlins
Bluebird Hills Farm
3617 Derr Road
Springfield, Ohio 45503
937-206-3936
www.bluebirdhills.com
bluebirdhills@voyager.net

> One of my males got pretty beat up in a fight with my other male. Called
> the vet out he stated the boy was under weight and he had to have weight
> put on him. They told me he needed higher protein.
>
> Two days later, this boy will not get up. Called the vet out and he
> stated that he was probably not going to make it. He stated we had to get
> him up and moving. I put him in a chute and he will not even try to
> stand. We kept him strapped up in the chute for an hour and tried to get
> him to stand. He stood on his own for about 3 minutes.
>
> This morning - He is not showing any signs of eating or even picking his
> head up. I am about to go put him in the chute again.
>
> The vet said I needed to get him better hay and feed him a pound of grain.
> He said I needed to get his protein level up.
>
> What are you guys feeding? I have only been in the business 3 years and
> this is the first year I have had any of these problems. This boy was
> just seen by the vet for show in April of 2011 and it was never mentioned
> that he was under weight.
>
> Is anyone else having issues? Can anyone recommend anything? Sorry this
> is so long, but this boy was the first cria born on my farm and I do not
> want to lose him. Not that I want to lose any of them.
>
> Chrys
> Ruggles, OH
> chrystella.volk@yahoo.com
>
>

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