BSAVA Manual of Guinea Pigs

John Chitty, Deborah Monks, Anna Meredith, Bob Doneley

• Publisher: British Small Animal Veterinary Association
• Year: 2026
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781913859664
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Veterinary Medicine

The BSAVA Manual of Guinea Pigs provides a comprehensive guide to the veterinary care of guinea pigs (cavies). The rise in guinea pig ownership and the associated increase in the number of cavies being presented to veterinary clinics, as well as the growing veterinary knowledge about the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, means that a text dedicated to guinea pigs is now needed. The BSAVA Manual of Guinea Pigs has been written and edited by international experts for both general practitioners and those with a specialist interest in cavies. As well as introducing the range and depth of possibilities for diagnosing and treating guinea pigs, the Editors have kept true to the purpose of a BSAVA Manual – to provide a practical, easy-to-use resource for the practice team.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of contributors
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1 Biology, behaviour and husbandry
• 2 Nutrition
• 3 History taking and examination
• 4 Basic techniques
• 5 Diagnostic procedures
• 6 Clinical pathology
• 7 Anaesthesia and analgesia
• 8 Nursing care and hospital management
• 9 Diagnostic imaging
• 10 Dental imaging
• 11 Dental disease
• 12 Soft tissue surgery
• 13 Hard tissue surgery
• 14 Skin disease
• 15 Gastrointestinal disease
• 16 Cardiorespiratory disease
• 17 Urinary tract disease
• 18 Reproductive disease
• 19 Neoplastic disease
• 20 Neurological and ophthalmological disease
• 21 Ear disease
• 22 Endocrine and multisystemic disease
• 23 Musculoskeletal disease
• 24 Geriatric guinea pigs
• Appendix 1 Investigating thin and anorexic guinea pigs
• Appendix 2 Formulary
• Appendix 3 Toxic plants and substances
• Index
• Back Cover