Wagener Matthias Gerhard, Neubert Saskia, Punsmann Teresa Maria, Wiegand Steffen B, Ganter Martin
Clinic for Swine, Small Ruminants, Forensic Medicine and Ambulatory Service, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Bischofsholer Damm 15, 30173 Hannover, Germany.
Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Marchioninistraße 15, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Animals (Basel). 2021 Aug 27;11(9):2517. doi: 10.3390/ani11092517.
South American camelids (SAC) are being more and more presented at the veterinary Clinics in Germany. A bad nutritional condition, which can be easily categorized using a body condition score (BCS) of the animals, is often not noticed by the owners. Further anaemia is also often only detected in an advanced stage in SAC. Clinical detection of anaemia can be performed by assessing the FAMACHA©-score (FS), that is adapted from small ruminants. So far, there is only little information available about BCS and FS in SAC. In this study, both clinical scores were assessed in alpacas and llamas presented at the veterinary clinic and compared with the haematological parameters from the animals. The data were extracted retrospectively from the animals' medical records and compared statistically. More than half of the alpacas (60%) and llamas (70%) had a BCS < 3, while 12% of the alpacas and 21% of the llamas had a FS > 2. A decreased BCS was associated with a decrease in haematocrit, haemoglobin, lymphocytes, and eosinophils, as well as an increase in FS and neutrophils. BCS and FS should be assessed regularly in SAC to detect emaciation and anaemia in time.
在德国的兽医诊所里，南美骆驼科动物（SAC）的就诊数量越来越多。动物的营养状况不佳，通过体况评分（BCS）很容易归类，但主人往往并未察觉。此外，贫血在南美骆驼科动物中也常常在晚期才被发现。贫血的临床检测可通过评估源自小型反刍动物的FAMACHA©评分（FS）来进行。到目前为止，关于南美骆驼科动物的体况评分和FAMACHA©评分的信息还很少。在本研究中，对就诊于兽医诊所的羊驼和美洲驼的这两种临床评分进行了评估，并与这些动物的血液学参数进行了比较。数据是从动物的病历中回顾性提取的，并进行了统计学比较。超过一半的羊驼（60%）和美洲驼（70%）的体况评分<3，而12%的羊驼和21%的美洲驼的FAMACHA©评分>2。体况评分降低与血细胞比容、血红蛋白、淋巴细胞和嗜酸性粒细胞减少以及FAMACHA©评分和中性粒细胞增加有关。应定期对南美骆驼科动物进行体况评分和FAMACHA©评分评估，以便及时发现消瘦和贫血情况。
