Peru, 120,000 Alpacas Exposed to Lung Disease

Ananea District Municipality sponsored the 157th Anniversary District fair where the successful breeding of camelids (alpaca and llama) was celebrated as a major contributor to the local economy.
As there are roughly 120,000 camelids in the region, the municipality shut down other markets during the fair (such as cattle) to focus on creating traditional camelid dishes and celebrate the importance of the camelids to the local economy.
But National Service of Agrarian Health (SENASA) was blamed for not supporting this crucial part of the economy enough.
SENASA was accused of not bringing medical support or training local farmers how to handle the increase in certain lung diseases found in the population of their livestock such as toxemia (mostly in the rainy season) and mange (mosty during the dry season).
This lack of attention was affecting the amount of money local farmers were able to make off their product. Read Article