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Backyard Livestock Guinea Pigs Are Reservoirs for Leptospira Shedding in Rural Households from Ecuador [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) are bred as livestock in South American countries from the Andean region, including Ecuador. Despite their importance for the local rural economy, no public health management guidelines have ever been implemented for guinea ...
Mauricio Xavier Salas-Rueda, Fabricio Dugllay-Montaleza, Darwin Paredes-Núñez, Katherine Natalia Chávez Toledo, Angel Sebastián Rodríguez-Pazmiño, Elsy Carvajal, Maria Belen Paredes-Espinosa, Patricia Peralta-Ortiz, Jairo Guama-Tipas, Juan Pablo Garzon, Alexandra Narvaez, Solon Alberto Orlando, Miguel Angel Garcia-Bereguiain   +12 more
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Neoplastic and Non-Neoplastic Proliferative Mammary Gland Lesions in Female and Male Guinea Pigs: Histological and Immunohistochemical Characterization [PDF]

Animals
Mammary tumors occur in female and male guinea pigs. However, published data on their histology and sex predispositions are limited. Histologically, we examined proliferative mammary lesions of 69 female and 48 male pet guinea pigs.
Sandra Schöniger, Claudia Schandelmaier, Heike Aupperle-Lellbach, Christina Koppel, Qian Zhang, Hans-Ulrich Schildhaus   +5 more
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Comparative study on the effects of high fat diet and capsicum diet on the digestive organs of guinea pigs [PDF]

Scientific Reports
This study examined the different effects of high-fat and capsicum diets on the digestive organs of guinea pigs. Hartley guinea pigs (n = 24) were divided into the high-fat diet (HFD), capsicum diet (CD), and control (C) groups. Guinea pigs in the C, HFD,
Wen-Xiang Guan, Zhuo-Lan, Xiao-Jun Luo, Jing-Xian Gao, Chang-Xi Bai   +4 more
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Incidental Findings in Computed Tomography Examination of the Head in Rabbits and Guinea Pigs

Veterinary Sciences, 2023
(1) Background: Rabbits and guinea pigs are popular pet animals and often undergo computed tomography (CT) examination for assessment of pathologies of the head.
Francesca Del Chicca, Caterina Puccinelli, Daniele Petrini, Simonetta Citi   +3 more
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Computed Tomographic Findings Secondary to Dental Pathologies: Comparison between Rabbits and Guinea Pigs

Veterinary Sciences, 2023
(1) Background: dental pathologies are the most frequent reason for requesting a CT scan of the head in rabbits and guinea pigs. The study aimed to review head CT exams of both species to identify and characterize lesions secondary to dental disease. (2)
Daniele Petrini, Caterina Puccinelli, Simonetta Citi, Francesca Del Chicca   +3 more
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Effect of olive oil administration on the level of transforming growth factor β1 during orthodontic tooth movement in old and young guinea pigs [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2020
Background: Orthodontic tooth movement occurs due to continuous pressure on the teeth, causing the remodeling of the alveolar bone. The tissue will respond to bone growth factors, such as transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1), fibroblasts, and bone ...
Sri Suparwitri, Paramita Noviasari
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Use of a Guinea pig-specific transcriptome array for evaluation of protective immunity against genital chlamydial infection following intranasal vaccination in Guinea pigs. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Guinea pigs have been used as a second animal model to validate putative anti-chlamydial vaccine candidates tested in mice. However, the lack of guinea pig-specific reagents has limited the utility of this animal model in Chlamydia sp.
Shradha Wali, Rishein Gupta, Ronald L Veselenak, Yansong Li, Jieh-Juen Yu, Ashlesh K Murthy, Andrew P Cap, M Neal Guentzel, James P Chambers, Guangming Zhong, Roger G Rank, Richard B Pyles, Bernard P Arulanandam   +12 more
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Upper-Room Ultraviolet Light and Negative Air Ionization to Prevent Tuberculosis Transmission [PDF]

, 2009
Background Institutional tuberculosis (TB) transmission is an important public health problem highlighted by the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the emergence of multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant TB.
A. Roderick Escombe, Alland, Altman, Armando Gonzalez, Arnold, Bailey Mitchell, Balasubramanian, Basu, Bock, Brubacher, Carlos Martínez, Carlton A Evans, Catanzaro, Catherine Noakes, David A. J Moore, Dwyer, Eduardo Ticona, Escombe, Escombe, Escombe, First, First, First, Fletcher, Gandhi, Gast, Iseman, Jensen, Jon S Friedland, Joshi, Kerr, Ko, Ko, Macher, Marcos Navincopa, Menzies, Mitchell, Mitchell, Mohle-Boetani, Moore, Nardell, Nardell, Nardell, Nardell, Nicas, Noakes, Pai, Patricia Sheen, Peter Wilson, Richardson, Riley, Riley, Riley, Riley, Riley, Riley, Robert H Gilman, Rocio Ramirez, Rudnick, Seo, Stead, Talbot, Valway, Willi Quino, Xu, Xu   +65 more
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Investigation Into the Humaneness of Slaughter Methods for Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcelus) in the Andean Region [PDF]

, 2016
Guinea pigs (Cavia porcelus) are an important source of nonhuman animal protein in the Andean region of South America. Specific guidelines regarding the welfare of guinea pigs before and during slaughter have yet to be developed.
Dennis M. B., Eloy A. Gonzales-Gustavson, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Georgina Limon, Gregory N. G., Gregory N. G., Herman Y. C., Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (National Institute of Statistics and Information), Maass B. L., Mariño Frias J. C., Raj A. B. M., Raj A. B. M., Raj A. B. M., Troy J. Gibson, Velarde A., Widowski T. M.   +15 more
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Characteristic of Individual Indicators of Endogenous Intoxication in the Experimental Asthma Dynamics and Their Correction by Thiotriasolin [PDF]

, 2016
The aim of this work was to find out the specifics of changes in endogenous intoxication, middle mass molecules (MMM) and erythrocyte intoxication index (EII) in the blood of animals for experimental asthma in different periods of its development and to ...
Kolishetska, M. (Marta)
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