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Guinea Pigs

"Guinea Pigs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A common name used for the genus Cavia. The most common species is Cavia porcellus which is the domesticated guinea pig used for pets and biomedical research.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Guinea Pigs" by people in this website by year, and whether "Guinea Pigs" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 60 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 1995 and 1997
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