Diseases of guinea-pigs

Information on diseases of guinea-pigs is generally available in research institutes and breeding establishments. When dealing with an individual patient it is tempting to extrapolate from this pool of information, without realising that a number of factors can affect the disease situation in a colo...

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Published inVeterinary record Vol. 98; no. 21; p. 418
Main Author Sebesteny, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 22.05.1976
Subjects
Animals
Apicomplexa
Bacterial Infections - veterinary
Cestode Infections - veterinary
Ectoparasitic Infestations - veterinary
Enteritis - veterinary
Female
Fungi
Guinea Pigs
Male
Meningoencephalitis - veterinary
Mycoses - veterinary
Nematode Infections - veterinary
Osteomyelitis - veterinary
Protozoan Infections, Animal
Rodent Diseases
Salmonella Infections, Animal
Sarcocystis
Sarcocystosis - veterinary
Scurvy - veterinary
Streptococcal Infections - veterinary
Tuberculosis - veterinary
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections - veterinary
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Summary:Information on diseases of guinea-pigs is generally available in research institutes and breeding establishments. When dealing with an individual patient it is tempting to extrapolate from this pool of information, without realising that a number of factors can affect the disease situation in a colony which need not apply to the individual animal kept as a pet--or vice versa. Thus diseases may appear as an explosive outbreak in a group of cavies kept under uniform conditions while a single animal may be exposed to amateur management (Townsend 1975) and suffer in consequence. The diseases generally encountered in this species are dealt with here as they appear clinically.
ISSN:0042-4900
DOI:10.1136/vr.98.21.418