GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS IN CAMELIDS - CLINICAL EVALUATION TREATMENT

摘要

Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders and parasitism are major health concerns of South American Camelid (SAC) producers in the USA.(Cebra et al 1998h,Cebra and Stang 2008b) Most commonly observed GI disorders in SAC are gastro-intestinal parasitism causedby nematodes (Trichostrongyles, Trichuroids, Nematodirus spp.) and coccidia (Eimeria spp., Cryptosporidium -spp.).(Cebra and Stang 2008a) Intestinal cestodiasis is only of significant concern in European camelid populations.(Hertzberg and Kohler 2006) Commonly diagnosed disorders in SAC evaluated at our hospital include gastrointestinal parasitism, ulceration, intestinal obstruction due to plant or fiber impactions, fiber impactions of C1 or C3, displacement or volvulus of the colon or small intestine,megaesophagus and neoplasia.