Demography, commonly diagnosed disorders and mortality of guinea pigs under primary veterinary care in the UK in 2019-A VetCompass study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Guinea pigs are popular as domestic pets but there is limited information on the health of the wider pet population. This study aimed to report demography, commonly diagnosed disorders and mortality of guinea pigs under UK primary veterinary care.

Methods

Diagnosis and mortality information on guinea pigs was extracted from anonymised UK primary-care clinical records in VetCompass.

Results

From 51,622 guinea pigs under primary veterinary care during 2019, a specific breed was not recorded in 50,098 (97.05%). Of guinea pigs with information recorded, 23,206 (47.33%) were female and 25,828 (52.67%) were male. There were 1,020 (2.08%) neutered and 48,014 (97.92%) entire. Median adult bodyweight overall was 1.05kg (interquartile range [IQR] 0.90-1.19, range 0

SUBMITTER: O'Neill DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10971687 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature