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Recommended Conferences for Guinea Pigs

Guinea Pigs

As per available reports about  7 relevant journals, 70 Conference proceedings, 29 workshops are presently dedicated exclusively to The Guinea Pig and about 670 articles are being published on The Guinea Pig.

The Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus), also called the cavy, is a species of rodent belonging to the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia. Despite their common name, these animals are not in the pig family, nor are they from Guinea. They originated in the Andes, and earlier studies based on biochemistry and hybridization suggested they are domesticated descendants of a closely related species of cavy such as Cavia aperea, C. fulgida, or C. tschudii and, therefore, do not exist naturally in the wild. Recent studies applying molecular markers, in addition to studying the skull and skeletal morphology of current and mummified animals revealed that the ancestor is most likely Cavia tschudii. The guinea pig plays an important role in the folk culture of many Indigenous South American groups, especially as a food source, but also in folk medicine and in community religious ceremonies. Their docile nature and responsiveness to handling and feeding, and the relative ease of caring for them, continue to make the guinea pig a popular pet. Organizations devoted to competitive breeding of guinea pigs have been formed worldwide, and many specialized breeds of guinea pig, with varying coat colors and compositions, are cultivated by breeders. Biological experimentation on guinea pigs has been carried out since the 17^th century. The animals were frequently used as model organisms in the 19th and 20th centuries, resulting in the epithet "guinea pig" for a test subject, but have since been largely replaced by other rodents such as mice and rats. They are still used in research, primarily as models for human medical conditions such as juvenile diabetes, tuberculosis, scurvy, and pregnancy complications.

Scope and importance:

Research into the archaeological and historical evidence for early guinea pig exploitation is proceeding despite the inherent technical difficulties of this topic. As more archaeological projects continue to include zoo archaeology as an integral part of the research design, the history of cavy husbandry is sure to be pushed back further and further into prehistory. Importance of Guinea pig: The guinea pig plays an important role in the folk culture of many Indigenous South American groups, especially as a food source, but also in folk medicine and in community religious ceremonies. Since the 1960s, efforts have been made to increase consumption of the animal outside South America. The use of guinea pigs in scientific experimentation dates back at least to the 17th century, when the Italian biologists Marcello Malpighi and Carlo Fracassati conducted vivisections of guinea pigs in their examinations of anatomic structures.In 1780, Antoine Lavoisier used a guinea pig in his experiments with the calorimeter, a device used to measure heat production. Hairless breeds of guinea pigs have been used in scientific research since the 1980s, particularly for dermatological studies. A hairless and immune-deficient breed was the result of a spontaneous genetic mutation in inbred laboratory strains from the Hartley stock at the Eastman Kodak Company in 1979.

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List of Relevant Conferences: 

Pharma Middle East conference
October 10-12, 2016 Dubai, UAE

International Pharmaceutical Methods Development & Validation Conference
October 20-22, 2016 Dubai, UAE

Euro Summit on Toxicology & Applied Pharmacology
October 27-29, 2016 Rome, Italy

2^nd Public Conference on Parenterals & Injectables
October 24-26, 2016 Istanbul, Turkey

International Conference on Generic Drug Market & Contract Manufacturing
October 31 - November 02, 2016 Valencia, Spain

4^th International Conference on Clinical Pharmacy
October 31 - November 01, 2016 Las Vegas, USA

World Pharma Congress
October 31 - November 02, 2016 Las Vegas, USA

International Pharma Marketing
November 10-12, 2016 Alicantae, Spain

7^th International Conference on Biomarkers & Clinical Research
November 28-30, 2016 Baltimore, USA

2^nd International Conference on Current Trends in Mass Spectrometry
May 09-11, 2016, Chicago, USA

7^th International Conference on Pharmacovigilance & Clinical Trials 
September 19-21, 2016 Vienna, Austria

Related National symposiums:

• Asic Mechanisms In Allergic Diseases
• Cold Spring harbor Symposia on Quantative Biology
• Workshop & Symposium on Laboratory Animal Diseases Sponsored by the C.L. Davis DVM Foundation
• Oxbow’s June Exotic Companion Mammal Symposium
• Symposium Practicle Alternative to Reduce AnimalTesting in Quality Control of Veterinary Biologicals in the Americans
• Models of respiratory disease symposium
• National symposium of Emerging trends in Animal Haematology –II
• Symposium on Effect of dermal exposure to Paraphenyl Diamine in Guinea pigs

Related Workshops :

• Chinchilla & Guinea Pig Burgess Workshops – New for 2014
• Rat, Mole & Guinea Pig Workshops
• London Taxidermy Academy
• Go Guinea Pig Workshop - for owners, students and animal care professionals.
• Guinea Pig Camp at Taminga St, Regency Park, SA
• Cavy (Guinea Pig) Clinic/Workshop November 17, 2012
• Guinea Pig Camp with Roger Abrantes, May 29 - June 1, 2014
• Comparative Sensitization Data based on LLNA vs Guinea Pig Testing
• Development and Improvement of the guinea pig beam-beam simulation

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