Some major diseases in the care of alpacas

• sarcocystiosis (whipworm, tonco tonco, arrocillo)

Causal agent
Produced by Sarcocystis aucheniai (parasite of the dog).

Location
The cyst is located in the muscle.

Life cycle
The adult develops in the dog's intestinal wall, where cysts sporulated and released, leaving the environment with feces, contaminating the pastures. The alpaca ingests the cyst, which release sporozoites in the intestine, which cross the intestinal wall and are distributed via the blood in the body, they develop an asexual phase in the endothelium of blood vessels, then stay in stretched muscle, where they develop characteristic cysts.
The dog is contaminated by eating raw meat with these cysts.

Treatment
There



• Cysticercosis (Q'chas dimensions)

Causal agent
Larval form of the tapeworm that is Cisticercus hydatigena tenuicollis dog small intestine.

Location
In alpacas cysts are located in the peritoneal cavity suspended in the mesentery.

Life cycle
Tenuicollis Cisticercus bags are eaten by the dog or fox, and small intestine tapeworm develops and gravid segments (full of eggs), which are eliminated in the feces. In the alpaca pasture becomes infected by eating the grass.

Treatment
There




• Scabies (Q'aracha or Q'arachis)

Causal agent
Sarcoptes scabiei (variety aucheniae)
Psoroptes communis (variety aucheniae)

Location
Sarcoptes scabiei: Preferably in areas devoid of fiber as the face, armpits, crotch around the anus, can be extended, in chronic cases, to other parts of the body. This type of mange is the most common.
Psoroptes communis: Preferably in the ears and can spread to the neck, his presentation is more rare.

Life cycle
The acaraos adults have 8 legs, penetrate the skin forming galleries where they lay eggs, they hatch into larvae only 6 feet, subsequently become 8-legged nymphs, mature into adult heartworms, and initiate a new cycle.

Treatment
Once detected the disease makes the respective treatment. When there is a vat immediately proceed to the bathroom, and if you do not have that infrastructure will be reviewed thoroughly the animals, one by one, healing all those who are sick. Repeat this treatment at 12 days.



• Fever Alpaca

Causal agent
 This disease is caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes aniaml-, which usually occurs in animals that have suffered any casualties in their defenses by touching, hitting, long walks, rough handling during shearing, etc..

Treatment
Once the disease has been made, should be used antibiotics such as penicillin, streptomycin, aureomycin and sulfa, intramuscularly or intravenously.
A sick animals must be treated daily, at least 3 times and the rest of the flock healthy animals, or no symptoms, at least 1 time.


Reference:
Huanca, Teodosio. "Manual del Alpaquero". 1996. INIA. Peru