Guinea-pigs Sentence Examples

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  • Rabbits, Tortoises and Guinea pigs also enjoy eating alfalfa for these reasons also but with added bonus of being good for their teeth.

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  • Good guinea pig or cavy breeders will take the time to make sure you understand what keeping guinea pigs involves.

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  • The one fact which the Lamarckians can produce in their favour is the account of experiments by Brown-Sequard, in which he produced epilepsy in guinea-pigs by section of the large nerves or spinal cord, and in the course of which he was led to believe that in a few rare instances the artificially produced epilepsy and mutilation of the nerves was transmitted.

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  • In the family Caviidae, typified by the cavies (or guinea-pigs), may be included a large number of South and Central American rodents, among which the agoutis and pacas are often ranked as a family (Dasyproctidae) by themselves.

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  • Since then (1904) Miss Florence Durham has shown that if the skins of young or embryonic mammals (rats, rabbits and guinea-pigs) be ground up and extracted in water, and the expressed juice be then incubated with solid tyrosin for twentyfour hours, with the addition of a very small amount of ferrous sulphate to act as an activator, a pigmentary substance is thrown down.

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  • Of the lower animals, mice, rats, guinea-pigs, rabbits, squirrels and monkeys are susceptible to the bacillus; horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, dogs and cats are more or less resistant, but cats and dogs have been known to die of plague (Oporto, Daman, Cutch and Poona).

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  • Guinea-pigs set free in plague-infected houses become infected with the rat flea and develop plague in a certain percentage.

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  • Guinea-pigs placed in plague-infected houses do not contract plague if they are protected from fleas; those placed in cages protected by a border of sticky paper at least six inches in radius, which the fleas cannot jump over, do not contract plague; the others not similarly protected, do.

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  • In testing the effects of bacteria by inoculation the smaller rodents, rabbits, guinea-pigs, and mice, are usually employed.

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  • Pop. (1890) 2242; 1 Called "guinea-pigs."

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  • Interesting facts The Spanish conquistadors brought guinea pigs to Europe from South America 400 years ago.

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  • She has gone on to treat some of our rescue guinea pigs and has contacted Vedra for advice, without being prompted.

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  • But a month later he became the proud father of 42 baby guinea pigs.

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  • Despite this, staff at Darley Oaks, which breeds guinea pigs for scientific research, have vowed to continue working as normal.

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  • Some families keep guinea pigs which they breed and eat.

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  • We hope to raise awareness of the many guinea pigs waiting for permanent loving homes.

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  • When I was a wee nipper all we had at school were guinea pigs not real pigs!

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  • To prioritize the feelings of the guinea pigs is to assert a quite spectacular failure of the human imagination.

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  • Behavior In the wild, guinea pigs live in close family groups, and it is unkind to keep one guinea pig.

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  • Also known as cavies, guinea pigs tend to be neurotic and can frighten quite easily.

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  • Despite their short legs, guinea pigs can run very quickly, but are not particularly athletic.

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  • If you have allergies or you do not care for cats and dogs, you can also consider birds, lizards and small animals like hamsters and guinea pigs.

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  • The ARBA provides a wealth of information related to domestic rabbits and guinea pigs.

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  • The shelter rescues cats, dogs, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs and other domestic animals and also rehabilitates wildlife.

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