{"id":766,"date":"2015-07-28T11:28:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T11:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/criasite.dev\/?page_id=766"},"modified":"2023-07-13T03:26:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T03:26:48","slug":"alpaca-husbandry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/alpaca-husbandry\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpaca Husbandry"},"content":{"rendered":"
Alpacas and llamas are a joy to farm:<\/p>\n
Prevention is better than cure when dealing with camelids because they are herd animals: They stick together in a group and reluctantly show any signs of illness, so when they do present with an ailment, they may be very sick and could require extensive veterinary input and\/or euthanasia. Implementing sound biosecurity measures on your property will minimise introduction of new diseases, worms, lice and weeds and save you time, money and most importantly keep your animals healthy. Keeping their vaccinations, nutrition and parasite control up-to-date and the herd constantly under observation will maximise production (new crias, fleece production) and minimise illness and death in your herd.<\/p>\n
There has not been a death in Australian alpacas or llamas from Johne\u2019s disease (JD) for approximately 30 years. Nevertheless, the Australian alpaca industry has implemented a quality assurance program called Q Alpaca<\/em> to undertake passive surveillance of JD and other diseases. The program has three major benefits:<\/p>\n You have an ethical and legal responsibility to provide optimal welfare and sound husbandry practices to all livestock on your farm. Your animals will reap the benefits of your efforts by being happy, healthy and productive animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alpacas and llamas are a joy to farm: They have padded feet rather than cloven hooves They do not require tail docking, mulesing or de-horning They are less susceptible to fly-strike than… read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-info-page-lite.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admin.criagenesis.cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n