The Guinea Pig

The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals: Eighth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 380-398

  Kaiser, Sylvia ^a   Krüger, Christine ^b   Sachser, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia for all procedures injecting, causing pain or stress than anaesthesia itself; Behavioural and physiological consequences of domestication; Domestic guinea pig subspecies tschudii of wild cavy (Cavia aperea), widespread rodents of South America; Effects of social experiences on physiology and behaviour; Guinea pig (Cavia aperea f. porcellus); Laboratory management and breeding; Mixed sex groups of males and females; Newborn guinea pigs precocial, small sized adults; Presence of specific social partners inhibiting or ameliorating individual's neuroendocrine responses in stressful situations; Social housing of guinea pigs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871445754     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318777.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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