Links
| Organization | Website |
| AlpacaNation | http://www.alpacanation.com/alpaca-research-foundation/alpaca-research.asp |
| Alpaca Registry, Inc (ARI) | ari@alpacaregistry.net www.alpacaregistry.net |
| Alpaca Owners and Breeders Assoc. (AOBA) | www.alpacainfo.com |
| A Publishing house for literature on camelids, located in Bikaner, India. One can order copies of the Journal of Camel Practice and Research on this site. | www.camelsandcamelids.com |
| The Central Veterinary Research Laboratory (CVRL)
operates as a Government diagnostic center that fulfils the following important
roles throughout the United Arab Emirates and neighbouring countries: To co-operate directly with national and international veterinary services. To aid in the diagnosis, prevention, control and eradication of infectious and non-infectious animal diseases A list of research projects conducted by the veterinarians at CVRL can be found on the website. |
www.cvrl.co.ae |
| International Lama Registry (ILR) | ilr@lamaregistry.com www.lamaregistry.com |
| The International Society of Camelids Research and Development (ISOCARD) is a non-profit scientific society, founded in April 2006 to encourage the study of camelid sciences and to promote the scientific publications in camelid fields. ISOCARD members are from all over the world. Membership to ISOCARD is open to those interested in all camelid species. | www.isocard.org |
| Morris Animal Foundation Morris Animal Foundation research updates can be found |
www.morrisanimalfoundation.org
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| The National Research Center on Camel in Bikaner, India conducts scientific research on camels. They employ 14 full time research scientists and have a herd of 270 camels. Information about their research projects can be found on this site. | www.icar.org.in/nrccm/mandate.php |
| PubMed
Staying abreast of the latest developments has become relatively easy since the advent of the internet. One of the most useful sites for searching on specific topics is that which is run by the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health. It is free, easy to use, accessible to everyone with internet access and includes the major peer-reviewed veterinary journals. |
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi |
| USDA If you are interested in finding out what research studies are being carried out on camelids nationwide, this is the US Department of Agriculture’s documentation and reporting system for ongoing and recently completed research projects. |
cris.csrees.usda.gov/menu.html
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| USDA
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Contains current information on West Nile Virus and county by county WNV surveillance maps for the US. | www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/issues/wnv/wnv.html |