New Zealand Veterinary Journal 39, 32–3, 1991 In the past few years, increasing numbers of alpacas have been imported into New Zealand from South America, mainly Chile. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries brought a group of alpacas to Flock House Agricultural Centre in February 1990. As part of routine animal health procedures the alpaca were drenched with oral ivermectin (Ivomec oral solution for cattle, Merck, Sharpe and Dohme (NZ) Ltd) and vaccinated against clostridial diseases (Tasvax Covax 5, Coopers Animal Health NZ Ltd) and leptospirosis. A serological survey was undertaken to determine the response of the alpacas to leptospirosis vaccination.