The British Veterinary Camelid Society is an informal group of vets, researchers and other professionals with a particular interest in camelids - primarily alpacas and llamas, but also guanacos, vicunae and the old world camels: bactrians and dromedaries.

The society meets once a year for a weekend workshop, and encourages the exchange of information at all times to ensure the highest standards of clinical care for all camelids in the UK.

Click here to find out more about the history of the BVCS, and to download a membership form

During 2009 the VLA plan to perform cultures for VTEC O157 on faecal samples from camelids . Click here to see letter from Aiden Foster at Shrewsbury VLA

A very special event is being planned for July 2009: an international get-together of camelid vets from around the world, to be held in Galway in Ireland

Member Andrew Starnes has contributed this video of an otherwise healthy alpaca hiccuping