Peru is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the genetically modified guinea pig that appears on menus across the country. Developed in 2004 by the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation ...

Guinea pigs are rodents from South America, originally domesticated by the Incas of Peru for food. Depending on who you believe, they got their name from being taken by English and Dutch traders ...

Guinea pigs can eat a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, plants, and herbs but there are many things that guinea pigs cannot ...

This week, we’re finding out what guinea pigs are trying to tell us through their delightful and sometimes overbearing squeaks and wheeks. This is also known as bubbling, and it is often heard ...

Figure 1: A guinea pig with mild scratching around the head and shoulders. Since first noticed, most guinea pigs in the colony of approximately 50 animals became pruritic. In the last month ...

They comment: 'Ate a guinea pig in Cuzco. I thought it would just be meat, but nah that thing had the head on still.' 'Butterbleek' replies: 'Guinea Pig. Major delicacy in Ecuador and Peru.

Address for correspondence: Viktor Reinhardt, 6014 Palmer Drive, Weed, CA 96094, USA; E-mail: [email protected] The question was raised how the environment of guinea pigs can be best enriched in the ...

A guinea pig rescue centre in Nottingham has inspired a documentary that aims to uncover the secret world of the household pet. More than 300 guinea pigs live in Avalon Guinea Pig Rescue founder ...

A pig tied to a petrol station was rescued on Friday from floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton. Residents of Lithia, Florida found the pig and have named it "Millie". They also found ...

Peru is celebrating two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has formed a part of the diet of people in the Andean nation for thousands of ...

Juan Carlos Solorzano holds a newborn Peru Guinea Pig at an agricultural research farm where breeding animals are raised for distribution to farms across the country, in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Oct ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru on Thursday celebrated two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has formed a part of the diet of people in the ...