British farm animal veterinarian Duncanson explains to colleagues the medical care of New World camelids--llamas bred as pack animals and alpacas for their fiber. Among his topics are nutrition and metabolic diseases, sample taking and simple diagnostic tests, medicine and surgery of the gastroenteric system, medicine and surgery of the neurological system, skin conditions, and zoonotic diseases. Distributed in the US by Stylus Publishing. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)