Hot and cold smoked, dry and wet cured, wet-cured and smoked, and dry-cure and smoked techniques for sanitation and detoxification of alpaca meat naturally infected with macrocysts of Sarcocystis aucheniae were evaluated. Eighteen puppies of 4-6 months of age were fed with the infected and treated alpaca meat (100 macrocysts per puppy). Lysates of macrocysts from treated meats were prepared and inoculated into 18 rabbits (100 μ/kg of body weight, subcutaneously). Furthermore, lysates were boiled (100º C for 10 min) and inoculated into 8 rabbits. Only dogs of the positive control group and the wet cured group eliminated sporocysts after 15 days of ingestion. None of the treatments were able to detoxify alpaca meat infected and rabbits died within 12-27 h post- inoculation of lysates. The heat treatment denatured macrocysts lysates protein and none of the rabbits die after inoculation.

Se evaluó la capacidad de sanear y eliminar la toxicidad de la carne de alpaca (Vicugna pacos) naturalmente infectada con macroquistes de Sarcocystis aucheniae a través de ahumado en caliente, ahumado en frío, curado húmedo, curado seco, curado húmedo y ahumado, y curado seco y ahumado. Se utilizaron 18 perros de 4-6 meses de edad que consumieron carne (100 macroquistes por animal) previamente tratada con uno de los métodos bajo evaluación. Se prepararon lisados a partir de macroquistes provenientes de carnes tratadas y se inocularon en 18 conejos (100 ìg/kg de peso vivo en forma subcutánea). Asimismo, lisados de macroquistes se sometieron a tratamiento térmico de ebullición (100º C por 10 min) y se inocularon en 8 conejos. Solamente los perros del grupo control y del tratamiento de curado húmedo eliminaron esporoquistes el día 15 post-ingestión. Ninguno de los métodos ev...