<em>Cavia porcellus</em>: An Overview of Its Origin, Traditional Breeding, Selected Types for Meat Production and Biomedical Research
<p id="p1">The domestic guinea pig (<em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">Cavia porcellus</italic></em> Linnaeus, 1758) is a part of <em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Mat...
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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IntechOpen
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/89746 |
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| Sumario: | <p id="p1">The domestic guinea pig (<em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">Cavia porcellus</italic></em> Linnaeus, 1758) is a part of <em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">Hystricomorpha</italic></em> (<em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">Caviomorpha</italic></em>) suborder, <em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">Rodentia</italic></em> order, <em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">Cavia</italic></em> Pallas 1766 genus. It is a rodent mammal originated from the wild ancestor <em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">Cavia tschudii</italic></em>, with a cosmopolitan distribution nowadays. Its breeding has some cultural-traditional arguments in its native areas, while in other parts of the world, it is used as a pet, as a source of meat, or in biomedical research. For a long time, it was a great laboratory animal and a model of research for various human pathologies. Similarities between guinea pig and human genomes were described, making possible the use of targeted knockout genes in these animals as a valuable tool for understanding gene function, modeling human diseases, and developing new therapeutic strategies. This approach provides a valuable contribution to medical research by adhering to ethical principles and seeking alternative methods for future advancements, in contrast with the concept of making guinea pigs more human-like using genetic modification, which raises ethical and practical concerns. This chapter makes an overview of the domestic guinea pig’s origin and phylogeny, its phenotypic diversity, the process of its domestication, and the main areas of its use.</p> |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-80356-392-3 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.1006117 |