title: Guinea pig husbandry and medicine.
abstract: Guinea pigs are hardy, gentle, virtually odor-free rodents. Their adverse, often lethal response to antibiotics requires an appropriate program of nutrition, husbandry, and handling, which are reviewed in this article. A summary of anatomical characteristics, basic biology, and reproductive data is provided. Diseases of practical clinical significance, primarily those of bacterial or nutritional origin, are also reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008297:Male