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Medicine and Surgery of South American Camelids: Llama, Alpaca, Vicuna, Guanaco

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Although the book can be a dificult read for the layman, it is THE book for medical information on lamas. Dr. Fowler has been in the forefront of the llama industry since its inception in this country. This is a must have for your veterinarian if you have a lama of any kind. The only new best thing will be his new edition due to be out soon. (Lama is the genus, such as alpaca, vicuna, llama is the particular animal)

I am a relatively new alpaca breeder with lots of questions. This book answers many of my more detailed questions and gives good resource references that are current. The appropriate health care of alpacas has a lot of controversy, but this book is objective in presenting the data. The reading is easy and once I started reading a topic I had to finish the chapter. I believe that everyone in the alpaca business should have a chance to review this book and use it as needed.

The second edition of this publication has: > Two new chapters: Conformation and Gaits, and > Disaster and Emergency Management. > A new chapter on reproduction, co-authored with Dr. P. Walter Bravo > Addtional information on nutrition and forage grasses. > More camparative data on Old World camels. The incorporation of research conducted over the past 10 years. > More than 750 illustrations and tables > 2300 references to world literature

This book is a very thorough, comprehensive resource to South American Camelids. The book reads nicel. Besides being applicable to llama-medicine, many extrapolations can be made to non-domestic hoofstock and wildlife.