Author:
Rebecca Meluch

Date of Publication:
2004

Publication:
Alpacas Magazine, Winter 2004, pp. 2-4

Excerpt:
Blood transfusion would be a potential source in alpacas, however unlikely. The other method that West Nile Virus can be transmitted – at least in horses and in people – is transplacentally, which means a pregnant mother who has been infected can infect the unborn child. Transmission by blood transfusion or across the placenta have not been demonstrated in camelids.

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