There appears to be something going around which has been endearingly called the snots or alpaca snots. If that is what you were searching for then read on.

Well here is what I have discovered about Adenovirus;



In Humans:

Adenoviruses, of which there are over 40 different serotypes in humans, are responsible for 5–10% of upper respiratory infections in children, and many infections in adults as well.
Most people recover from adenovirus infections by themselves, but people with immune-system problems sometimes die of adenovirus infections, and—very rarely—even previously healthy people can die of these infections.

In animals:

Two types of canine adenoviruses are well known, type 1 and 2.

Type 1 causes infectious canine hepatitis, a potentially fatal disease involving vasculitis and hepatitis. Type 1 infection also can cause respiratory and eye infections. Canine adenovirus 2 (CAdV-2) is one of the potential causes of kennel cough. Core vaccines for dogs include attenuated live CAdV-2, which produces immunity to CAdV-1 and CAdV-2. CAdV-1 was initially used in a vaccine for dogs, but corneal edema was a common complication.[3]

Adenoviruses are also known to cause respiratory infections in horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, and goats. Equine adenovirus 1 can also cause fatal disease in immunocompromised Arabian foals, involving pneumonia and destruction of pancreatic and salivary gland tissue.

In Camelids:

All of the following comes from an Australian Government report.

Adenovirus infection has been reported as common in llamas in North America (Post Graduate Foundation in Veterinary Science University of Sydney (1996) Proceedings 278, Camelid Medicine and Surgery 3). The most commonly isolated antibodies are to llama adenovirus which has been associated with disease in llamas.
Two species of adenovirus have been isolated from llamas neither of which are antigenically related to the adenoviruses of other domestic animals. Llama adenoviruses, as with other adenoviruses, typically infect a large percentage of a population with very few animals showing clinical disease. Camelids previously imported into Australia have not been tested for adenovirus and it is most likely that the adenoviruses affecting South American camelids are already established in Australia. For these reasons adenoviruses are not considered to have quarantine significance.

Bottom line Adenovirus appears to be present in all llamas and to such a wide extent that it isn't even looked for when camelids are imported into Australia from South America.

Adenovirus can be linked to liver problemes in camelids but as David E Anderson who used to be at Ohio State says: "Diagnosis of the cause of liver disease in camelids can be an exercise in frustration.

Histopathology (microscopic examination of liver tissue by means of liver biopsy) usually is not specific: hepatic lipidosis, biliary hyperplasia, lymphocytic plasmacytic hepatitis are common findings.

Occasionally cholangiohepatitis (infection of the bile ducts) or cholestasis (obstruction to bile flow) are diagnosed from biopsy.

Although histopathology often does not provide a definitive diagnosis, the information gained is well worth the effort. Because few specific liver diseases have been described for camelids, differential diagnoses should be broad in range: metabolic (e.g., fatty liver, cirrhosis), parasitic (e.g., liver flukes), toxic (e.g., mycotoxin, endotoxin, clostridium spp), bacterial (e.g., Salmonella spp, Clostridial spp, E coli), viral (e.g., adenovirus), fungal (e.g., Coccidioides imitis), and tumors or cancer (e.g., adenocarcinoma). I routinely perform ultrasound guided percutaneous liver biopsy and obtain samples for histopathology, virology, and bacteriology.

Oh well you know what they say..... a little knowledge can be dangerous....so always talk through your thoughts and concerns with your veterinary.