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You own, or are thinking of owning, an alpaca pet on your farm. Alpacas are gentle creatures that will bring years of pleasure if properly cared for. Below are 7 deadly mistakes that you can avoid so your

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

camelid friend will be with you until old age.

Mistake # 1 - Insufficient fencing

Your alpaca pet will not challenge a fence. Your fencing should be made to keep predators out. Neighborhood dogs a

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

re the #1 killer of alpacas. Be sure and provide a fence that predators can not get over, under, or through. Read more about alpaca fencing.

Mistake # 2 - Not checking for poisonous plants

Your Al

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

aca pet is a ruminant. They eat weeds, bark off wood posts, and anything else they want to try. They can not tell if what they are eating is good for them or not. You must do that for them. Your pastures a

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

nd your yard must be free of plants that are poisonous to alpacas. Many ornamental plants are poisonous to alpacas.

Mistake # 3 - The open gate

Forgetting to close a gate behind you leaves your al

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

aca pet open to mistakes number 1 and 2. Without a fence to protect them, all alpacas can do is run from a prey. If they get cornered, they will be killed. A pack of dogs or coyotes can bring an alpaca dow

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

n quickly. If your alpacas stay inside the fenced area, an open gate allows predators to get inside and kill.

You may have taken the time to be sure your home is free of poisons but your neighbors haven't

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

An open gate allows your alpaca to roam and possibly get into your neighbors poisonous ornamental plants.

Mistake # 4 - Improper fencing material

Those wood split rail fences look fantastic. Whit

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

e rail horse fencing looks pristine. Field fencing is cheap. None of these will work for your alpaca pet. Use 2 x 4 wire no climb fencing. Use any of the other fencing and you are taking a chance with your

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

alpacas life. The first two are just too open, allowing predators into your pastures. The holes on field fencing are just too large. An alpaca can stick it's head through and die. Their heads may not come

ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

back through as easily and they will panic and strangle.

Mistake # 5 - Not shearing

Alpacas natural habitat is high in the Andean Mountains where it stays cool. Their fiber is very dense. If you d

ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a

o not shear your alpaca pet in the spring, and you live somewhere that summer temperatures climb, your alpaca can die from heat stress. If your alpaca is having trouble staying in a cush position, breathin

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod

with its mouth open, drooling, or walking stiffly, your alpaca is in trouble and needs to be cooled down quickly. Avoid this emergency by shearing before the heat soars.

Mistake # 6 - Feeding pellets<

cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin

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You can feed pellets to get needed supplements to your alpaca pet, but you must be very careful. Your alpaca will be in competition with any other alpaca for the most pellets they can eat and will gra

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

large mouthfuls and swallow without chewing so they can get more. This causes a choking problem. The container you put the pellets in makes a big difference. A small bucket that hangs on the fence is not

t?

As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

good. The pellets pile up and your alpaca can gulp a big mouthful and choke. It's better to have a long trough that you can spread in a thin layer. Placing rocks in buckets or feeders can help. The alpaca

ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ust pick around the rocks and can not get large mouthfuls. You force them to eat slower.

Mistake # 7 - Irregular or no worming

Your alpaca pet will eat off the ground. Worms get into their system.

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

There's no way to avoid it. If you don't worm your alpaca regularly, your alpaca will eventually die of malnutrition. If you live in an area that has white-tail deer, you might have meningeal worms. If yo

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As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

r alpaca gets meningeal worms it will die a horrible death. Check with your veterinarian to see if meningeal worms exist in your area and the proper scheduling and dose of worming medication.

If you avoid

elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

these 7 deadly mistakes, your will take big steps to insuring your alpaca pet has a long and happy life. Alpacas can live 20 years or more so you have a long time to enjoy the benefits of owning an alpaca

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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