Caring for Llamas and Alpacas: A Health &
Management Guide
by Claire Hoffman, Ingrid Asmus.
Published
by Rocky Mountain Llama Association (U.S.A)
Available from
www.amazon.com
and from
The Rocky Mountain Llama Association (see
links below)
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An excellent book with compact but comprehensive and
thorough information for the lay person, although could do with updating (last published,
we believe, in 1996). Covers nutrition, herd health, reproduction, calving, temperature
taking etc. Certainly worth having. |
A guide to raising llamas
by Gale Birutta.
Published by Storey (U.S.A)
Available from
www.amazon.co.uk
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Another good introduction to llamas: buying them,
owning, managing and breeding... |
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Medicine and Surgery of South American Camelids
by Murray Fowler
Published
by Iowa State University Press
Available from
www.amazon.co.uk
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Murray Fowler
has completed many years of specialist veterinary experience and research working with llamas. This weighty tome
is recommended to herd owners as a reference book and should be on the shelf of every vet who has
llama-owning clients. (2008 comment: although some
of the content is now a little dated in that much more has been
learned since this book was last revised). |
Veterinary Clinics of North America
by LaRue Johnson.
Published by
W. B Saunders
Available from
www.amazon.com
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Two volumes of advanced veterinary papers highly
recommended for experienced owners. |
The complete Alpaca Book
by Eric Hoffman
Bonny Doon Press |
An unfortunate title as
this book has a lot of helpful information on llamas and much of the
alpaca content is relevant for llamas too. Whilst Murray Fowler's
book is aimed primarily at vets, this book is much more
user-friendly for non-veterinary trained owners. |
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