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CAL-ILA is a nonprofit unincorporated association that promotes the education of the Association's members and the public for caring, breeding and raising of llamas and other camelids. We are committed to supporting, promoting and developing Youth related llama activities. CAL-ILA supports and promotes camelid research. We work through cooperative efforts with other associations, organizations and groups to meet these objectives.

According to Andrew Hayhurst, a virologist at Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, and colleagues, the proteins from the llamas are antibodies, which play a role in the immune system as it fights off diseases. The researchers found that the so-called single domain antibodies, or nanobodies, can be used repeatedly to detect the neurotoxins and serve as detectors for some toxins that can't be spotted using generally available means.