<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kutzler, Michelle A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bildfell, Robert J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gardner-Graff, Kim K</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Baker, Rocky J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Delay, Josepha P</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mattson, Donald E</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">West Nile virus infection in two alpacas.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Animals</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antibodies, Viral</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Camelids, New World</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Diagnosis, Differential</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fatal Outcome</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tick Infestations</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ticks</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">West Nile Fever</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">West Nile virus</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004 Sep 15</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">225</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">921-4, 880</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A male alpaca acutely developed signs of anorexia and fever. Within 2 days, neurologic signs (head tremors and asymmetric ataxia) developed. West Nile virus (WNV) infection was considered a primary differential diagnosis on the basis of 6 previous cases on nearby alpaca farms on which animals had similar clinical signs. Four days after the male alpaca became ill, a female alpaca from the same farm developed similar neurologic signs. In addition to anti-inflammatory and supportive treatments, both alpacas received a transfusion of llama plasma with antibodies against WNV Seven days after the onset of clinical signs, the female alpaca had made a full recovery; however, the more severely affected male died. West Nile virus infection was confirmed post mortem by use of reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay and immunohistochemical staining.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15485054?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>