[PDF] Guinea Piglopaedia eBook

Author : Dorothy Yamamoto
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 18,41 MB
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1780234678

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Guinea pigs are one of the world’s most popular pets—small, friendly, easy to care for, and unbearably cute. We have felt this way for a long time: guinea pigs were first domesticated in 5000 B.C.E. Since then they have inspired historical figures ranging from the scientist William Harvey to the artists Jan Brueghel and Beatrix Potter. In this book, Dorothy Yamamoto offers the first in-depth treatment of this cuddly little creature over the several millennia it has been a part of our lives. Yamamoto examines the role guinea pigs have today—as pets—but also looks back to less loving times when guinea pigs were put to more direct use. She discusses them as a crucial sacrificial offering to Incan gods, as the entrée in the Cusco Cathedral’s painting of The Last Supper, and as a highly favored experimental subject—for which they have become the quintessential metaphor for anyone in the same unfortunate circumstance. Threading her account with examples from the guinea pig’s many appearances in literature and art, Yamamoto reveals the personality and cultural importance of an animal we have always wanted to keep nearby, providing a fun and unique book for any animal lover. Published in Association with the Science Museum, London

Author : Margaret Elward
Publisher : Ringpress Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,89 MB
Release : 2004-02
Category : Guinea pig breeds
ISBN : 9781860542510

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The More You Know About Your Guinea Pig the better you will understand his specific needs and requirements. In Guniea Piglopaedia you will find invaluable guidance on every aspect of cavy care and health broken into the following easy-to-read sections: 1. Principles of keeping guinea pigs, with information on housing, feeding and breeding. 2. Breeding guinea pigs, with advice on planning a breeding programme, pregnancy, birth, and rearing the young. 3. Health care, detailing anatomy and physiology, with an A-Z listing of guinea pig diseases. 4. Guinea pig breeds, giving profiles of the many different breeds and types, and information about showing guineas. Readers will learn how to care for a guinea pig, how a guinea pig's body works, how recognize guinea pig diseases, how to identify different breeds, and how to breed and exhibit guinea pigs. Guinea Piglopaedia will prove an essential reference for all those who want to provide the very best care for their guinea pigs.

Author : Stephanie Bearce
Publisher : Mitchell Lane
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 47,47 MB
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1545748640

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Very basic information about guinea pigs and how to care for them.

Author : Susan Blackaby
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 31,3 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781404803947

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Find out about all of the basics about owning a guinea pig. Learn about what guinea pigs eat, how to keep your guinea pig happy, and general care.

Author : Donna J. Clemons
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,69 MB
Release : 1997-11-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780849325649

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This guide was created especially for individuals performing research with guinea pigs in the laboratory. It completely covers all topics pertaining to the humane care of guinea pigs in the laboratory and provides quick, easy-to-use information for investigators, technicians, and animal caretakers. The book includes references to alternative procedures and methods and contains 47 figures. In addition, it offers possible sources and suppliers of animals, feed, sanitation supplies, cages, and research and veterinary supplies.

Author : Dale L. Sigler
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 14,97 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0595141943

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A Grown-up's Guide to Guinea Pigsis intended for the adult who has come to be the care giver to a guinea pig. Whether that cavy came to them as a child's discarded pet, a remembered favorite from childhood, or simply thrust upon them. However you have come to have a guinea pig, you now want to provide the best care and the best understanding so that your little companion can lead a happy and healthy life. That's what this book is about. No frills, no cute, just plain information so that you can get over the jitters and start enjoying these darling animals.

Author : Wanda L. Curran
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 21,7 MB
Release : 1997-01-07
Category : Pets
ISBN : 1603423052

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Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

Author : Virginia C. G. Richardson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 16,75 MB
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1118250346

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This book provides a comprehensive text covering all aspects of guinea pig medicine. This updated edition will be of value to veterinary surgeons and students, veterinary nurses, breeders and all those working in the animal care industry. Written in note form the book assists in the formulation of a diagnostic plan when the practitioner is faced with a sick animal. Sections on clinical signs, diagnoses and treatments, allow rapid reference in successive chapters on the reproductive, digestive, respiratory, musculoskeletal and urinary systems, the skin, head and neck, nervous system and husbandry. All the latest drug information has been included and full details of dose rates, contraindications and components of the proprietary preparations are listed in chapter 11. A new chapter has been written providing information on herbal and homeopathic remedies.

Author : Joseph E. Wagner
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 18,87 MB
Release : 2014-04-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 148328932X

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Approx.317 pages

Author : Clive Harper
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 50,25 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781869556877

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Designed to be used by children in their first six months of school PM Starters One and Two