SUSPECTED NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY CAUSING ANEMIA IN LLAMAS (LAMA-GLAMA)

A case of poor condition and recumbency in a 14-month-old female llama and a case of poor condition and ataxia in a 23-month-old male hama a re described. Both animals were anaemic and had low plasma copper leve ls, An increased intake of feed with a higher copper level and treatme nt with copper injections and an oral mineral solution resulted in a s uccessful recovery. Two other young llamas also had low plasma copper levels. The Problem was probably due to a nutritional, particularly co pper, deficiency and the animals recovered as their copper levels incr eased.