Control Offspring, part 1

Preventive measures to lower mortality in offspring

- Preventive measures are simple application activities to be undertaken during the bell calving to ensure that the calf alive.

 Main problems

- One of the major problems in raising alpacas at the community level is the high calf mortality within the first 3 months of life. 20, die about 10.

- Generally most mortality occurs in those calves born weak and can not get up to take the first milk called "colostrum".

- Diarrhea and neumoticos processes are the most common diseases in offspring that are not treated promptly. Hatchlings dead dawn one day to the other.

- There is lack of knowledge about the importance of disinfecting the navel, timely consumption of colostrum and the advantages of roosting rotation, during the months of January to March.

- Finally the high calf mortality increase poblacoion not allow animals, reducing the possibility of practicing a rigorous selection of the players, or make a good take.

What we do

It is necessary to implement the following:
a) Traskadar pregnant animals to pasture fields pastorearlas break during the last 3 months of gestation.

b) Ensure that the breeding take the first milk or colostrum within the first hours after birth.

The colostrum comnsumo some extent ensures the survival of breeding, because through the mother is transmitted to breeding, resistance and strength against different diseases like pneumonia and others.

c) Disinfect the navel with iodine hatchlings, wound healing and prevent entry of microbes that produce enfermeades.

d) Perform rotation roosts in preventing various diseases in offspring, such as diarrhea and pneumonia Piojera. You must have 2 to 3 rotation roosts and practice whenever they are muddy or dirty.