Guinea Pig

Wharton, K. N., Walsh, C. A., Haulter, M. et al. 2024. Sedation efficacy of midazolam in conjunction with ketamine and alfaxalone in female laboratory guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). JAALAS 63(5), 572–580.

Guinea pigs have been integral as models used in biomedical research, making significant contributions to nutritional, auditory, immunologic, and hypersensitivity studies, and necessitating the routine need for sedation in laboratory settings. The ketamine-xylazine (KX) combination...

Warwick, C., Pilny, A., Steedman, C. et al. 2023. Mobile zoos and other itinerant animal handling events: Current status and recommendations for future policies. Animals 13(2), 214.

Mobile zoos are events in which non-domesticated (exotic) and domesticated species are transported to venues such as schools, hospitals, parties, and community centres, for the purposes of education, entertainment, or social and therapeutic assistance. We...