Difference between revisions of "Guinea Pig Physiology - WikiNormals"

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WIKINORMALS SMALL RODENT PHYSIOLOGY

Physiology	Units	Approximate Value
Adult Weight	Grams	750 - 1000
Birth Weight	Grams	60 - 100
Blood Volume	Milli-litre per gram body weight	6.8
Breeding Age - Male	Days	70 - 100
Breeding Age - Female	Days	60 - 90
Breeding Duration (Commercial)	Years	2 - 4
Food Consumption	Per 100 grams body weight per day	5 Grams
Gestation Length	Days	60 - 70
Heart Rate^	Beats per min	200 - 300
Life Span	Years	3 - 5
Litter Size	No units	2 - 6 pups
Oestrus Cycle	Days	15 - 17
Postpartum Oestrus	No units	Fertile within 24 hours
Rectal Temperature	Centigrade	37.5 - 39.0
Respiratory Rate	Breaths per min	35 - 70
Urine Output	Ml per 100 gram body weight per day	No Data
Water Consumption	No units	Ad libitum (free-feeding)
Weaning Age	Days	14 - 21 (or 180grams)
Systolic pressure	mmHg	100 - 120
Diastolic pressure	mmHg	70 - 80
Mean pressure	mmHg	85 - 100

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+|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|mmHg
-{{citation
+|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|100 - 120
-|initiallast = ^Kahn
+|-
-|initialfirst =Cynthia M
+!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Diastolic pressure
-|2last = Line
+|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|mmHg
-|2first =Scott
+|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|70 - 80
-|3last =Aiello
+|-
-|3first =Susan E
+!align="left" bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|Mean pressure
-|year = 2005
+|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|mmHg
-|title = The Merck Veterinary Manual
+|bgcolor="#F2F2F2"|85 - 100
-|ed = Ninth Edition
+|-
-|city = New Jersey, United States of America
-|pub = Merck & Co., Inc. & Merial Limited
-|range = Physiology Reference Guides
-}}
-|}
-{|width="700px" align="center"
-{{citation
-|initiallast = Unknown
-|initialfirst =
-|year = 2001
-|title = Veterinary Clinical Services Normative Data
-|ed =
-|city = Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
-|pub = Yale University
-|range = Normative Data
-}}
 |}