llama
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Bluetongue virus affects cattle, goats, sheep, deer and camelids such as llamas and alpacas.
From BBC
In addition to turkeys, residents include cows, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, llamas and emus.
From Los Angeles Times
In older layers of the guano, genetic traces of native animals such as guanacos—the wild descendants of local llamas—and beached marine creatures dominate.
From Science Magazine
Some sheep producers will place a llama or donkey with their herds as a protector.
From Seattle Times
Camelids, which include alpacas, camels, and llamas, are workhorses for antibody design because their immune systems create compact versions, called nanobodies, encoded by small genes.
From Science Magazine
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