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January 09, 2025
The Perfect Storm: Case Study of a Septic Cria
By: Sheila Scroggins of Colusa Riverside
This case study is about Moon River, a beautiful alpaca cria that was born healthy. She appeared by all measures to be normal, but lived for only four short days. Moonie, as we nicknamed her, succumbed to an infectious process, the result of insufficient amounts of colostrum in the first hours of her life. All this was unbeknownst to her owners, until it was too late. My hope in writing this case study is that you develop an understanding of the consequences for a cria who fails to get enough colostrum in the first 12 hours of life. "Sepsis is a severe illness in which the bloodstream is overwhelmed by bacteria." Read the full article on septic crias |