• First report on the occurrence of psoroptic mange in llamas (Lama glama) of the Andean region 

      Sosa, Fabiana Evangelina; Medina Vallejo, Diego M.; Micheloud, Juan Francisco; Borsetti, Hugo M.; Hernández, Nancy; Schnittger, Leonhard; Romero, Sandra Raquel; Jacobsen, Mónica Ofelia (Springer, 2024-09)
      An outbreak of Psoroptes sp.-caused mange was detected in a llama herd of Larcas, Jujuy province, Argentina. Infested llamas showed alopecia, erythema, hyperpigmentation, hyperkeratosis, and inflammation of the ear pinnae, ...
    • Occurrence of sarcoptic mange in free-ranging vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) of the Andean high plateau region of Argentina 

      Sosa, Fabiana Evangelina; Bertoni, Emiliano Agustín; Micheloud, Juan Francisco; Medina Vallejo, Diego M.; Olmos, Leandro Hipolito; Jacobsen, Mónica Ofelia; Romero, Sandra Raquel (Springer, 2022-04)
      Free-ranging vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) are handled in some areas of the Andean high plateau region following an ancestral practice known as chaku, which consists in their transient capture and shearing of their fiber for ...
    • Seropositivity to Sarcocystis infection of llamas correlates with breeding practices 

      Romero, Sandra Raquel; Carletti, Tamara; Decker Franco, Cecilia; Moré, Gastón; Schnittger, Leonhard; Florin-Christensen, Mónica (2017-12)
      Production of llama (Lama glama) meat in rural communities of the Andean regions is largely affected by Sarcocystis spp. infection. Macroscopic cysts develop in muscles as a consequence of S. aucheniae parasitism, often ...