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Livestock => Camelids => Topic started by: Womble on June 28, 2020, 04:12:56 pm

Title: Could alpacas hold the key to beating Coronavirus?
Post by: Womble on June 28, 2020, 04:12:56 pm

It certainly seems like a possibility!

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-alpaca-nanobodies-immunity-research-karolinska-university-sweden-a9589791.html? (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-alpaca-nanobodies-immunity-research-karolinska-university-sweden-a9589791.html?)

Title: Re: Could alpacas hold the key to beating Coronavirus?
Post by: landroverroy on June 28, 2020, 04:17:33 pm

Well there you are Womble! Wasn't it you who some years ago said, "What's the point of alpacas?" :thinking: :innocent:

Title: Re: Could alpacas hold the key to beating Coronavirus?
Post by: Womble on June 28, 2020, 10:14:32 pm

LOL, indeed it was  :roflanim: .


Now, can anybody tell me the point of quail?

Title: Re: Could alpacas hold the key to beating Coronavirus?
Post by: arobwk on June 29, 2020, 12:30:31 am

The point of quail is .. um .. to stop poor folk hunting and eating song birds ?

Title: Re: Could alpacas hold the key to beating Coronavirus?
Post by: landroverroy on June 29, 2020, 10:46:20 am

Quail are pleasant little birds that cost a fraction the price of alpacas both to buy and to keep and don't require shearing each year. In addition they lay eggs, which alpacas don't. I used to keep chinese quail, which are small and pretty and I used to make 14 egg omlettes from their eggs. They are therefore arguably far more useful than alpacas.

Title: Re: Could alpacas hold the key to beating Coronavirus?
Post by: Womble on June 29, 2020, 11:23:13 am

Excellent information Landroverroy.

We should bookmark this thread for the next time somebody asks the difference between quail and alpaca.

Title: Re: Could alpacas hold the key to beating Coronavirus?
Post by: landroverroy on June 29, 2020, 09:03:01 pm

 :roflanim: :roflanim: