The Biology of the Guinea Pig

The Biology of the Guinea Pig focuses on the use of the guinea pig as a substrate in research.

This book provides a comprehensive coverage of material related to applied care and management of guinea pigs and their diseases. Topics on guinea pig behavior, genetics, specific pathogen-free technique, biomethodology, and colony husbandry are also covered. This text likewise deals with the noninduced diseases of guinea pigs and use of the guinea pig in nutrition research, otologic research, toxicology, and teratology.

This publication is beneficial to the general scientific community that includes investigators using or considering the use of guinea pigs in research, veterinarians, students of veterinary medicine, professionals concerned with the care and management of guinea pigs, commercial producers of guinea pigs, and cavy fanciers.

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Chapter 1: Introduction and Taxonomy

Chapter 2: Care and Management

Chapter 3: Biomethodology

Chapter 4: Germfree and Specific Pathogen-Free

Chapter 5: Behavior

Chapter 6: Anatomy

Chapter 7: Physiology

Chapter 8: Genetics

Chapter 9: Bacterial, Mycoplasma, and Rickettsial Diseases

Chapter 10: Viral and Chlamydial Diseases

Chapter 11: Mycoses

Chapter 12: Protozoan Parasites

Chapter 13: Helminth Parasites

Chapter 14: The Arthropod Parasites of the Genus Cavia

Chapter 15: Neoplastic Diseases

Chapter 16: Miscellaneous Disease Conditions of Guinea Pigs

Chapter 17: Nutrition, Nutritional Diseases, and Nutrition Research Applications

Chapter 18: Toxicology and Teratology

Chapter 19: Auditory Research

Subject Index