Product Description
Alpaca / Llama Worm Faecal Egg Count Kit
All Feclab kits contain a 1st Class, Prepaid returns envelope (excluding the Giardia Rapid Antigen Home test kit). Kits can be posted in a standard letterbox, saving you the trip to a post office.
Resilience to chemical treatment for worms is common in sheep and is becoming a growing concern in Alpaca’s to farmers, small holders, vets and SQPs. In some cases this can cause persistent challenges within a heard and in extreme cases, death.
It is important, as with any livestock, that when introducing new animals to a heard that careful management of this is followed to avoid passing any burdens to your current flock or contaminating the pasture.
Carrying out a faecal egg count every 3 months or on arrival of new animals, can give you an insight to challenges that may be present and allow you to target specific challenges as and when needed.
Anthelmintic Treatment:
Please note, due to there currently being no anthelmintic products licenced for Alpacas and Llamas, treatment (where needed) must be prescribed by a vet, under cascade and therefore our SQPs are sadly unable to advise on this, due to the product being used “off licence”. However, we can offer advise on management strategies where needed and are we always happy to help.
This helps decrease the use of anthelmintic wormers, lowering the chances of possible resistance. Crias’ are more susceptible to challenges and therefore regular testing is recommend, especially around 3 – 4 months of age.
What we screen for:
- Tape Worm
- Haemonchus
- Nematodes
- Ostertagia
- Trichostrongylus
- Liver Fluke
- Coccidia
- Lungworm
- Cryptosporidium
Possible Symptoms:
- Diarrhoea
- Poor condition and / or coat condition
- Weight loss
- Lethargy
- Anaemia
- Coughing
- Yellow / liquid faeces
Please note:
A Faecal egg count is a snap shot of a specific moment in time. The test detects eggs of mature parasites that live inside the body and pass their eggs to the outside by shedding them into the dogs stool’s. It is possible that at the time of testing the parasites are too young to produce eggs, if no eggs are being shed the infection cannot be detected. There is also a possibility the eggs are In such small numbers at the time of testing they would be undetectable Thus showing a negative result. The above is extremely rare but we would like to point out the possibilities.
