Completed Studies

Anatomy
  1. The Alpaca Anatomy Initiative: Musculoskeletal Anatomy Relevant to Lameness and Fracture Repair
BVDV
  1. An Epidemiologic Assessment of BVDV Infection in US Alpacas
  2. Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus in North American Alpaca Herds
  3. Experimental Exposure of Naive Alpacas to Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus 1a, 1b, and 2
  4. Genetic Characterization and Identification of Alpaca BVDV
  5. Immune Function in Juvenile BVDV PI Alpacas
Eastern Equine Encephalitis
  1. Humoral response to an equine encephalitis vaccine in healthy alpacas
Energy and Metabolism
  1. Arginine Stimulation Testing
  2. Assessment of the Effects of Epinephrine and Insulin on Plasma and Serum Biochemical Variables
  3. Assessment of the Effects of Exogenous Long-acting Insulin on Glucose Tolerance in Alpacas
  4. Developing probiotic and prebiotic treatments for low body condition in alpacas
  5. Effects of hydrocortisone on substrates of energy metabolism in alpacas
  6. Effects of Insulin on Glucose Clearance and Hydrocortisone
  7. Evaluation of insulin secretion and action in New World camelids.
Fertility
  1. Ovulation-inducing factor in alpaca semen
Fiber
  1. An Evaluation of Objective Measurements of Luster in Suri Alpaca Fleeces
  2. Genes Controlling Pigmentation
  3. Mapping the Suri Coat Phenotype
  4. Objective Measurements to Identify Superior Characteristics of US Alpaca
Genetics
  1. Agouti Gene Color Genetics
  2. An Integrated Radiation Hybrid Map of the Alpaca
  3. Application of Bovine Genomic Tools to Genome Mapping
  4. Assembly, Annotation, and Comparative Analysis of the Alpaca Whole Genome Sequence
  5. Development of microsatellite DNA markers for gene mapping of alpacas and Llamas
  6. Discovery of Microsatellites in Alpacas
  7. Evaluation of an Alpaca DNA microarray (Genomic SNP Chip) for Potential Use by the North American Alpaca Industry
  8. Identification of Genomic Structural Variation in Alpacas
  9. Identification of the Gene for Grey Coat Color in Alpacas
  10. Identifying Gross Chromosomal Rearrangements that Result in Infertility in Camelids
  11. Identifying Markers and Populations for Study of Inherited Traits in South American Camelids
  12. Improving the Alpaca Genome Sequence
  13. Investigation of the genetic basis of Choanal Atresia in alpaca
  14. Investigation of the Multiple Malformation Syndrome in Llamas and Alpacas Associated with Choanal Atresia
  15. Isolation and Characterization of y-Linked Genes Regulating Male Fertility in Alpacas
  16. Molecular Causes of Infertility in Alpacas with the Minute Chromosome Syndrome
  17. Narrowing the Genomic Location of Choanal Atresia in Alpacas
  18. Segregation Analysis and Molecular Characterization of Black and Brown Phenotypes in Alpaca
  19. Sequencing of BVDV Strains Isolated From Persistently Infected Alpacas
  20. Understanding Genes That Cause Disease
  21. Unraveling the Genetic Basis of Congenital Sensorineural Deafness in Blue-Eyed White Alpacas
Hematology
  1. Anemia of Chronic Disease
  2. Comparative Effects of Plasma and Hetastarch on the Colloid Osmotic Pressure of Alpaca
  3. Effects of polymerized ultrapurified bovine hemoglobin blood substitute in anemic alpacas
  4. Oxytetracycline treatment in experimental Candidatus Mycoplasma haemolamae infection in alpacas
  5. Prevalance of Mycoplasma haemolamae Infection in South American Camelids in the Southeastern United States
  6. Studying Anemia-Causing Parasite
Immunology
  1. The Contribution of Llama IGG Subclasses to Immunity
Infectious Diseases
  1. Analysis of the Genome Sequence of an Alpaca Coronavirus
  2. Characterization and Identification of a Novel Coronavirus in Alpacas
  3. Investigation of a Novel Respiratory Coronavirus in Alpacas
  4. Johne's disease, improved detection and prevalence
  5. Reagents for Detection of Viral Pathogens
  6. Use of a Fecal PCR to Detect E. Mac
Parasites
  1. Dose Titration of Oral and Injectable Moxidectin and Oral Morantel Tartrate in Camelids
  2. Expression of matrix metalloproteinases in CSF fluid of Alpacas with Meningeal worm
  3. Periparturient Rise in the Excretion of Giardia Cysts and Nematode Eggs
  4. Pharmacokinetics of Long Acting Dewormer
  5. Prevalence of Anthelmintic Resistant Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Camelids
  6. Vaccination for meningeal worm to Prevent Disease Caused by Parelaphostrongylus ten
Pharmacology and Drug Delivery
  1. Cardiopulmonary Effects of Xylazine, Ketamine and Propofol Infusions in Anesthetized Llamas
  2. Development of a Teaching Model for Venipuncture and Intravenous Catheter Placement in Alpaca
  3. Disposition of Sulfadimethoxine in Male Llamas (Llama glama) After Single Intravenous and Oral Administration
  4. Evaluation of three intravenous injectable anesthesia protocols in healthy adult alpacas
  5. Exenatide Dosing in Alpacas
  6. Florfenicol Pharmacokinetics in Healthy Adult Alpacas, Evaluating Two Commercially Available Drug Formulations.
  7. Pharmacokinetics After Intravenous, Subcutaneous, and Oral Administration of Enrofloxacin to Alpacas
  8. Pharmacokinetics of flunixin meglumine (Banamine®) in alpacas following single oral administration
  9. Pharmacokinetics of Intravenous and Intramuscular Tramadol in Llamas
  10. Pharmacokinetics of Orally Administered Prednisolone in Alpacas
  11. Pharmacokinetics of Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxozole in South American Camelidae
  12. Safety and Efficacy of Haemonchus Contortus Vaccine (Barbervax) in Camelids
  13. The Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Buprenorphine and Sustained Release Buprenorphine in Adult Alpacas
  14. The Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Midazolam in Alpacas
Rabies
  1. Serological Response of Alpacas to Rabies Vaccination
Thyroid Hormone
  1. Evaluation of a Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone Stimulation Test Protocol for Use in Alpaca
Ulcers
  1. Efficacy and Pharmacokinetics of Pantoprazole in Alpacas
  2. Pharmacokinetics of Oral Omeprazole in Llamas
  3. The Effect of Oral Omeprazole on Third Compartment pH in Clinically Normal Alpacas
West Nile Virus
  1. Confirmation of WNV by PCR Neurologic Disease in Alpacas Using Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain
  2. Experimental West Nile Virus (WNV) Infection in Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Alpacas
  3. Humoral Response to West Nile Virus WNV Vaccination in Alpacas and Llamas
  4. West Nile Virus WNV Infection in Two Alpacas