Cool study on #Llamas #Vicuñas #Atacama #Andes 🦙 ⛰️

“Present-day domestic #camelids are not direct descendants of those managed by early pastoralists”

Unique Antibody from Camels and Alpacas Could Be Used to Treat Alzheimer’s An antibody-like compound known on land to be exclusively to be found in camelids like alpacas, lamas, and dromedaries, could be used to treat human brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. The study’s focus were antibody-like proteins, aptly called nanobodies, whose small size allowed the scientists to treat neurological conditions […] The post Unique Antibody from Camels and Alpacas Could Be Used to Treat Alzheimer’s appeared first on Good News Network.

Unique Antibody from Camels and Alpacas Could Be Used to Treat Alzheimer’s: An antibody-like compound known on land to be exclusively to be found in camelids like alpacas, lamas, and dromedaries, could be used to treat… @goodnewsnetwork.org #Alzheimers #Nanobodies #Camelids #Research #Biotechnology

In the company of camelids WSU’s Ahmed Tibary has spent more than 30 years uncovering the reproductive secrets of camels and their relatives, helping improve breeding techniques and understanding of these unique animals.

From Abu Dhabi racetracks to WSU labs, Dr. Ahmed Tibary has spent decades unlocking the reproductive secrets of camels & their cousins — creatures he calls “designed by committee." news.wsu.edu/news/2025/07... 🐪🔬 #WSU #camelids

The #UnitedNations declared 2024 the “International Year of #Camelids.” In January 2025, #ZiedBenRomdhane traveled to #Mauritania with the FAO to highlight the importance of #camelids for the socio-economic progress of the local community
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Ooo, okay, yes! Shout out to #camelids 🐫 🐪 everywhere!

#UnsungHeroes #workers

Unlikely to be popular in rural #Australia but putting this out there.
#agsky #camelids

Un dromadaire près d'un point d'eau dans le Wadi Rum en Jordanie, les montagnes désertiques en arrière-plan. Photographie E. Martin et L. Roux, 2022

« L’élevage des camélidés au service du développement » Brève à l'occasion de #2024 Année internationale des camélidés #Camelids 🐫🐪🦙
Un élevage important pour atteindre les #ODD et s'adapter aux espaces à fortes contraintes et au #ChangementClimatique
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A mass sacrifice of children and camelids at the Huanchaq... Here we report the results of excavation and interdiscipl...

Original publication: G. Prieto et al., A mass #sacrifice of #children and #camelids at the #HuanchaquitoLasLlamas site, #Moche Valley, #Peru, @PLOSONE March 6, 2019 (#openaccess).

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