Urethral catheterization of the male guinea pig has potential diagnostic, therapeutic, and research applications. Urethral catheter placement requires an understanding of the unique anatomy of the ...

A 2-year-old male guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) had been adopted as a pup from a pet shop by its owner. The animal was housed alone in a cage with long periods of free range in the house and had no ...

Although guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) have been used in research for more than a century and remain the most prevalent USDA-covered species, little has been elucidated regarding the recognition of ...

Let's get this straight. They're not pigs. They're rodents. And they're not from Guinea, either, so the name is just downright misleading. Cavies (cavia porcellus), also known as guinea pigs, are tame ...

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Il porcellino d’India (Cavia porcellus) è un roditore originario del Sud America (quindi non proviene dall’India, come erroneamente può suggerire il nome). È conosciuto principalmente come animale da ...

Gli animali sono i migliori amici dell’uomo, di qualunque razza si tratti. Tra gli animali più comunemente adottati possiamo annoverare i famosi porcellini d’india, anche conosciuti come Cavie. Uno ...