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. The 2011 Conference on The Compromised Camelid will be held on 12-13 th November in Swindon Click for Conference Booking Form

Alpaca TB site, www.alpacatb.org The site is approved by Defra, and contains a wealth of authoritative information regarding TB in camelids.

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

 

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

University of Minnesota Camelid Conference Announcement

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