Submit Photos of your Guinea Pigs

 
Wheektown is currently in the process of a major research project that will culminate in a multi-volume guinea pig encyclopaedia series. One of the hurdles with this is gathering enough copyright-free photographs to make the encyclopaedias a visual and user-friendly guide. Everyone can help out with this by submitting photographs with permission to reproduce them in the books. Below is a list of all the photographs likely to be needed, so chances are
you can contribute it many different ways already! Photos must be of a high quality and have little background noise (e.g. your fingers or other guinea pigs in the way). If the relevant feature does not encompass the whole photograph, then it must be of a high enough quality to allow cropping.

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General photographs needed

• Fossils or the excavation or preparation of fossils relevant to the evolutionary history of rodents, especially caviomorphs.
• Wild caviomorphs. Cavia species (guinea pigs) in particular, but also yellow-toothed cavies (Galea), mountain cavies (Microcavia), maras (Dolichotis), capybaras (Hydrochoerus), and rock cavies (Kerodon). This includes photos showing their habitat, diet, behaviour, breeding, or their association with humans.
• Any historical photographs and/or paintings that depict guinea pigs.
• Meat guinea pigs from South America and/or Africa, particularly photos of the housing from family groups and factory farms. This includes transport cages, market cages, and gazaperas.
• Curanderos sessions and any other practices related to the religious or medicinal beliefs of guinea pigs in the Andes.
• Laboratory guinea pigs, particularly in their housing or post-experiment. Photos during experiments only wanted if they are not too heartbreaking or gory to view.
• Prepared guinea pig skeleton(s), preferably with cartilage and sesamoid bones intact.
• Urine of all colours and also urine depicting mineral deposits and sludge. This includes urine stains on various surfaces, to show what the colour may fade to.
• Pregnant guinea pigs (stage of development preferably known).
• Birth, both healthy and unhealthy.
• The fostering or hand-rearing of orphaned babies.
• Baby guinea pigs at every stage of development (exact age must be known): at least daily until 28 days, weekly until 16 weeks, then monthly until 12 months. Inclusion of a size reference (e.g. a coin) necessary. The same positioning must also be used (i.e. avoid the guinea pig hunching over in one photo and slinking out in another).
• Interaction of baby guinea pigs with the mother (such as suckling or grooming) or with cagemates.
• Clear depictions of behaviour:
  • Auditory communication (i.e. photographs of wheeking, rumbling, chirping, etc). Especially where the guinea pig’s physical stance and lip positioning is very clear and it is possible to tell the difference between different noises.
  • Hierarchical behaviour: mounting, nipping, rumblestrutting, head lifting, scent marking.
  • Amicable behaviour: grooming, snuggling, ‘piggy train’, sniffing (especially the bum or face), ear licking.
  • Aggressive behaviour: chattering, biting, chasing, fighting, leaping.
  • Mating behaviour: mounting, the lordosis position (typically stretched out, curved back, bum in the air).
  • Feeding behaviour: foraging in hay, feeding (e.g. clear photograph of the food being pulled into the mouth), drinking (both from a bowl and from a bottle), coprophagy (especially from the anus), defecation (i.e. the stance made when doing so) and urination (i.e. the stance made when doing so).
  • Survival behaviour: such as alert positions (e.g. erect with head up), sheltering (e.g. hiding behind or in things), calm positions (e.g. resting, sleeping, yawning, stretching).
  • Grooming behaviour: scratching (as many slow-motion shots as possible that demonstrate the pattern carried out when scratching), cleaning (as many slow-motion shots as possible that demonstrate the pattern carried out when cleaning).
• Locomotion: walking, running, jumping, swimming, popcorning (as many slow-motion shots as possible that demonstrate the pattern carried out when doing these behaviours).
• As many different colourations, patterns, and breeds as possible! Photographs must show the guinea pig in a relaxed position that clearly depicts the breed, pattern, and colours. Must have a solid background with no debris in the image (e.g. guinea pig on a clean towel on a chair, instead of in the cage).
• Coat markings (e.g. bands, belts, blazes, breeches, collars, crests, eye circles, pea spots, saddles, smuts, socks, stars, stockings, stops), furnishings (e.g. fringes, tufts, side whiskers), and physical features (e.g. furlaps, shoulder rises).
• Face shapes taken from the top, bottom, and both sides, and ear shapes taken from the top, bottom, and side (facing the pig).
• Eating different foods.
  • Eating pellets, hay, or treats (must clearly show the food being drawn into the mouth).
  • Eating any of the edible portions of any vegetable, fruit, herb or forage plant. These must be nice photographs without messy backgrounds or noise (e.g. one or two clean guinea pigs on a clean surface with a solid background, eating a freshly prepared vegetable; or a bird’s-eye view of clean guinea pigs in a clean cage surrounding the food).
• Any photographs of any edible foods, especially of different varieties or of the whole plant. These must be nice photographs without messy backgrounds or noise (e.g. people or pets in the background, fingers in the foreground, etc.)
• Action taken against hot or cold weather (e.g. guinea pigs lying against frozen water bottles, insulation sheets placed over outdoor hutches, etc).
• Precautions taken against wildlife, both for indoor and outdoor guinea pigs. For example, metal bars to protect against feral dogs or cats or (safe) chemical additives to protect against flying insects.
• Depicting the damage done to cages after attack or infestation by wildlife (for example, a hutch torn open by a stray dog). Also depicting cages that have successfully survived attack by an animal. The story must accompany these photographs.
• Precautions taken against weather and natural disasters. For example, tarps to protect against storms or structural modification to protect against earthquakes.
• Depicting the damage done to cages after bad weather and natural disasters (for example, a hutch tipped over during a cyclone). Also depicting cages that have successfully survived bad weather and natural disasters. The story must accompany these photographs.
• Step-by-step images of any cage being hand-built. The instructions must accompany these photographs, along with why you decided to build the cage in this fashion (e.g. the perceived advantages and disadvantages).
• Cages of all sorts. Dimensions and materials must be provided. These must be nice photographs without messy backgrounds or noise (e.g. no debris around the cage, people in the background, etc). Must have both a shot of the clean, empty cage and a shot of the clean cage after set-up with the guinea pigs in it.
• Any grazing in the backyard. Photographs of grazing arks and runs must be nice without messy backgrounds or noise (e.g. no debris around the enclosure, people in the background, etc). Photographs of free-range guinea pigs must be safe with minimal background noise (e.g. fence must be visibly secure with no dangerous terrain, plants, or objects visible, and avoid debris or objects in the yard or people or pets in the background).
• Bedding of all sorts. This includes clean bedding that has just been added to the cage, and bedding that has gone unchanged - the number of days must be known and provided. Information on other aspects, such as odour and urine wicking speed, also appreciated. This is to model the cleanliness levels of different beddings; paper pulp, shredded pulp, newspaper, cardboard, aspen, pine, wood pellets, hay, fleece, wool, cotton, towelling, and any other bedding sent in.
• Guinea pigs playing with toys. Photographs must clearly show the guinea pig interacting with the toy in some way. This includes stuffed animals, blankets, fleece forests, cushions, chews, wooden furniture, woven toys, branches, cardboard boxes, paper bags, balls, bells, pigloos, fleece houses, hammocks, cuddle sacks, tunnels, ramps, IQ toys, and any other toys. Photographs of guinea pigs reacting to media (e.g. television, music) also wanted.
• Guinea pigs interacting with feeding equipment. This includes both eating from clean equipment, tipping or otherwise acting on it, and the aftermath of meal time (e.g. poo and urine leftover in the food bowl). Bowls of all materials, water bottles of all materials, and all types of hay storage - balls, bags, racks, trays, lofts, pits.
• The cleaning equipment used and the process of cleaning. This includes photographs of the dirty cage before cleaning (after bowls, toys, and guinea pigs have been removed), the cleaning process, and the clean cage afterward. Any chemicals used and the material of the cage must be provided. Cleaning of various surfaces wanted, including wood, plastic, metal, linoleum, tile, and concrete.
• Pest infestations. For example, photographs of ants inside the guinea pig’s food bowl, fruit flies around uneaten food, or a wild mouse hiding in the hay. Information on what may have caused these infestations along with what you did to fix the problem must be provided.
• Floor time. Photographs must depict a safe environment (e.g. tight areas behind TV cabinets are blocked off, no sharp material or chemicals are within reach, other pets and small children are unable to step on them). Photographs in all areas are wanted, including the living room, kitchen, dining room, bedroom, sun room, veranda, and garage (garage only if it never has cars or chemicals stored in it).
• Genitals of all age groups, sexes, and fertility statuses. Photographs must clearly depict the genitals and be of value in sex identification. Genitals must be clean, with no boar glue, urine scalding, or other problems visible. Photographs needed for newborn females and males (less than 1 day), young females and males (1-2 months, exact age must be known), adult females, intact adult males (has not been castrated), castrated adult males during recovery (within a few days of surgery), and castrated adult males post-recovery (months after surgery).
• Groups of all sizes. Photographs must be nice with no background noise and show clean guinea pigs in a clean environment. Guinea pigs preferably in an aesthetically appealing formation (for example, everyone eating in a circle, instead of spread randomly). To be divided into three group sizes: pairs (2), small groups (3-6), and herds (7+).
• Housing and conditions of purchasable guinea pigs from various places. This includes pet stores, backyard breeders, registered breeders, shelters, and specialised rescues. In the case of breeders, this also includes photographs of the housing and conditions of the breeding animals. The country (and preferably the state) the photograph was taken in must be provided.
• Successful litter training. For example, photographs of a cage that contains a litterbox and shows the volume of poos in the litterbox compared to the rest of the cage. Photographs of the guinea pig pooing in the litterbox also wanted.
• Step-by-step images depicting how to teach a trick to a guinea pig, and clear images that show its successful use.
• Damaged cage furniture caused by chewing, such as chewed pigloos or chewed bars.
• Any nice photographs of guinea pigs being showed. This includes the housing, the judge examining the guinea pig, line-ups of guinea pigs, the awarding of ribbons, etc. The breed of guinea pig and the country it is being showed in must be provided.
• Show-quality guinea pigs of all breeds. These photographs are to demonstrate breed standards and must clearly depict features that are desirable when showing.
• Grooming using a variety of brushes, including wire, hard-bristled, soft-bristled, combs, and specialised tools. Grooming of all fur lengths wanted, especially when multiple photographs are taken to show the process and the difference before and after grooming. This includes the treatment of mats and knots.
• Nail clipping using both guillotine-style pet clippers and human nail clippers, and depicting what position you have found to be the most comfortable and/or useful when clipping. Photographs before and after clipping of nails to demonstrate the difference, especially those that clearly depict the quick or those that show the process of treating too-long nails. Includes images of the nail bleeding after clipping too close, and the application of antihaemorrhagic powder.
• Hair cuts using both traditional scissors and electric clippers. All fur lengths wanted, especially when multiple photographs are taken to show the process and the difference before and after trimming. This includes the treatment of mats and knots.
• Step-by-step images depicting the wrapping of long-coated breeds.
• Injuries sustained to the human from inadequate handling (e.g. scratches, bite marks).
• Travelling procedure, especially via plane. This includes photographs depicting the process of a guinea pig boarding a plane (securing the carrier, handing over the carrier, the carrier being carried into cargo, etc). Photographs of other travelling methods also wanted, including different carriers secured in different types of car and cage set-ups in pet-friendly hotels.
• Guinea pigs with other animals. This includes them interacting with pets of any other species but also them interacting with wild animals (e.g. a stray cat sniffing the cage with a guinea pig at the bars, or a wild snake trying to get into a cage). In addition this includes photographs of any injuries sustained by either party (to the guinea pig or to the other pet) due to them being kept together or allowed to interact.
• Quarantine set-ups.
• Ectoparasites as seen with the naked eye, including any species of parasitic louse, flea, mite, or fly that infects guinea pigs (list of species provided in microscope section).

Macrophotographs needed

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• The guinea pig eye (each eye colour), the ear (including front and back), the nose (including view into the nostrils), the philtrum, the lips, and the gums.
• The hair and whiskers in as many colours as possible - particularly agouti/argente hairs and satin hairs.
• The claws, paw pads, preputial glands (grease gland area), and mammary glands (nipples and areola).
• Both healthy and unhealthy faeces and cecotropes, both whole and cross-section (cut in half).
• The vaginal closure membrane and mucus plug of the sow.
• The nipples before, during, and after lactation.
• The tongue.
• Flower heads, leaves, and any other features useful in identification of edible forages. Also of non-edible forages that resemble edible forages (this is to provide information on telling them apart).
• Any ectoparasite, especially at each stage of the lifecycle. This includes the lice Gliricola (braziliensis, distinctus, lindolphi, porcelli), Gyropus ovalis, Menopon gallinae, Paragliricola quadrisetosa, Polyplax spinuloa, Pterophtirus (alata, imitans), and Trimenopon (hispidium, jennigsi); the fleas Ctenocephalides (canis, felis), Echidnophaga gallinaceous, Hectopsylla (eskeyi, suarezi), Leptopsylla seginis, Nosophyllus fasciatus, Pulex irritans, Rhopalopsylla clavicola, and Tiamastus cavicola; the mites Acarus farris, Cheyletiella parasitororax, Chirodiscoides caviae, Demodex caviae, Dermanisus gallinae, Mycoptes musculinus, Neoparalaelaps bispinosus, Notoedres muris, Ornithonyssus (bacoti, braziliensis, wernecki), Psocoptes cuniculi, Sarcoptes scabiei, and Trixicarus caviae; the flies Calliphora (vicina, vomitoris) and Lucilia sericata.

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Microscope slide photographs needed

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• Laboratory images relevant to cell biology or genetic material. For example, a chromosomal assay.
• Depicting the structure of bone, cartilage, or marrow.
• Cross-sections of both the incisors and the cheek teeth (preferably of each of the 20 teeth) depicting the enamel, dentin, pulp, gingiva, cementum, and periodontium.
• Depicting the stucture of muscle (skeletal, smooth, and cardiac) or other connective tissue (including tendons, ligaments, synovial membranes, fascia, and visceral, subcutaneous, ectopic, and brown fat).
• Cross-sections of any of the muscles.
• Depicting the structure of nerves.
• Depicting the structure of bronchi.
• Healthy blood cells, including erythrocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes, monocytes, thrombocytes, and Kurloff cells.
• Depicting both the red and white pulp of the spleen.
• Depicting the cell biology of the pharynx, larynx, and oesophagus.
• Depicting the cell biology of the stomach (including the fundic gland, cardiac gland, pyloric gland, parietal cells, gastric chief cells, pit cells, and G cells), the liver, the gallbladder, the pancreas, the small intestine, the large intestine, the anus, or the peritoneum.
• Depicting the cell biology of the placenta.
• Showing the natural microorganisms of the intestinal tract, both separately and as attached to the gut wall.
• Urine of diagnostic interest, such as that containing crystals, blood cells, and/or pathogens.
• Spermatozoa.
• Depicting any pathogenic gram-positive bacteria of the guinea pig, including: Bacillus (anthracis, pumilis), Clostridium (botulinum, chauveoi, difficile, histolyticum, novyi, perfringens, piliforme, septicum, sordellii, tetani), Corynebacterium (kutscheri, pyogenes, renale), Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycoplasma (caviae, pulmonis), Pneumococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus (pneumoniae, pyogenes, zooepidemicus).
• Depicting any pathogenic gram-negative bacteria of the guinea pig, including: Actinobacillus (equuli, lignieresii), Aeromonas caviae, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Brachyspira (hyodosenteriae, pilosicoli), Brucella (abortus, melitensis, suis), Campylobacteria (jejuni, pylori), Chlamydophilia (caviae, pneumoniae, psittaci), Citrobacter (freundii, rodenitum), Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Lawsonia intracellularis, Leptospira (gripootyphosa, icterohemorrhagica, interrogans), Pasteurela multocida, Pseudomonas (aeurginosa, caviae, pseudomallei), Rickettsia, Salmonella (amersfoort, bledgam, dublin, enteritidis, glosturp, maraschino, moscow, nagoya, paratyphi, poona, typhimurium, weltevreden), Streptobacillus moniliformis, and Yersinia (enterocolitica, pestis, pseudotuberculosis).
• Depicting any pathogenic fungus of the guinea pig, including: Candida (albicans, pintolopesii), Coccidioides immitis, Cryptococcus neoformans, Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Histoplasma capsulatum, Hortaea werneckii, Microsporum (canis, gypseum), Pneumocystis (carinii, pneumoniae), Streptomyces nodosus, and Trichophyton (mentagrophytes, rubrum).
• Depicting any pathogenic protozoa of the guinea pig, including: Babesia tropicus, Balantidium caviae, Blepharosphaera caviae, Caviomonas mobilis, Chilomastix (intestinalis, wenrichi), Chilomitus (caviae, conexus), Cryptosporidium (parvum, wrairi), Cyanthodinium (chagasi, conicum, cunhai, piriforme), Eimeria caviae, Encephalitozoon cuniculi, Endolimax (caviae, nana), Entamoeba caviae, Enteromonas (caviae, fonsecai), Enterophyra elongata, Giardia (caviae, duodenalis, lamblia, muris), Hexamastix (caviae, robustus), Klossiella cobayae, Kopperia intestinale, Leishmania enrietti, Leucocytozoon caviae, Monocercomonas (caviae, minuta, pistillum), Monocercomonoides (caviae, exilis, quadrifunilis, wenrichi), Nycotherus multisporiferus, Oikomonas termo, Pneumocystis carinii, Proteromonas brevifilia, Protocaviella acuminata, Retortamonas caviae, Sarcocystis caviae, Selenomonas (palpitans, ruminantium), Sphaeromonas communis, Spiromonas augusta, Toxoplasma gondii, Tritichomonas caviae, and Trypanosoma (brucei, cruzi).
• Depicting any endoparasitic worm, especially each stage of the lifecycle as it is seen in a faecal float. This includes the cestodes Hymenolepis (diminuta, nana), Monoecocestus parcitesticulatus, and Taenia (serialis, taeniaeformis); the nematodes Ackertia borgosi, Baylisascaris procyonis, Capillaria hepatica, Graphidioides mazzai, Paraspidodera uncinata, Pelodera strongyloides, Trichinella spiralis, Trichuris gracilis, and Viannella travossosi; the trematodes Fasciola (gigantica, hepatica), Pseudoquinqueserialis caviae, and Taxorchis (caviae, ringueleti).
• Depicting any neoplasm.

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Medical photographs needed

• Both intact oxygenated and de-oxygenated blood, and blood that has had the plasma and cells separated. Also photographs demonstrating the process of how blood is examined in the laboratory.
• Step-by-step images of performing a faecal float.
• Physical trauma sustained by aggression. This includes bite wounds, chewed ears, barbered fur, and any other clear physical damage caused by fighting or bullying.
• Clear depictions of any unhealthy or diagnostic feature. These include:
  • Movement behaviour: bar chewing; circling, stumbling, or falling; hunched posture; limping; dragging limbs; rubbing against objects or surfaces; seizures; tilting head or twisting neck around; sitting and facing the corner; pressing head against surfaces.
  • Personal behaviour: wiping mouth with paw.
  • Weight and growth: visible bones, or otherwise clear weight loss; obesity.
  • Physical abnormalities: distension of the abdomen; any lumps; swelling; bleeding.
  • Breathing patterns: coughing; sneezing.
  • Nose: nose bleed; nose discharge.
  • Eyes: eye bleed; eye discharge; crusty eyes; foreign object visible in eye; light, dull, or cloudy eyes; squinting; protruding or bulging eyeballs; turned-in eyelashes; yellow eyes.
  • Ears: ear bleed; flaky skin inside the ear; pink, red, or inflamed skin of the ear.
  • Skin: bumpy skin; dry, flaky, or peeling skin; open sores; pink, scabby, or inflamed skin; rashes; rough or scaly skin; discoloured skin.
  • Fur and nails: dandruff; dry, dull, rough, or greasy fur; hair loss; curved toenails.
  • Mouth: gum bleed; damaged or unaligned teeth; drooling; sores on the lips; throat swelling; pale, bluish, or otherwise discoloured gums.
  • Urinary patterns: discoloured urine; crystals visible in urine; urine sludge.
  • Defecation patterns: discoloured poo; blood visible in poo; soft poo; diarrhoea; lumpy poo; long, round, or tapered poo.
  • Genitals: anal bleeding; vaginal bleeding; prolapsed penis; prolapsed vagina; prolapsed uterus; protruding vulva; swollen genitals; red or inflamed genitals; urine scalding; vaginal discharge.
• Congenital defects. These include:
  • Eyes: missing eyes; small eyes; inverted eyelids; congenital cataracts.
  • Teeth and mouth: missing teeth; small teeth; cleft palate.
  • Skeletal: bull back; torticollis; bent leg; chondtodystrophy; campylognathia; missing feet or limbs; extra toes; spina bifida.
  • Neurological: microcephaly; hydrocephalus; paraplegia.
  • Lethals.
  • Monsters (i.e. extreme deformities).
  • Stillbirths.
• Medicating (the specific medication being administered must be known):
  • Application of eye drops, with a photograph of the eye before medication, while the medication is being applied, and after the medication has been applied.
  • Application of ear drops.
  • Administration of liquid oral medication. This can also show the position you put yourself and the guinea pig in that you find is most comfortable or useful.
  • Administration of solid oral medication (i.e. tablets), as well as the preparation.
  • Application of topical medication, with a photograph of the skin before medication, while the medication is being applied, and after the medication has been applied.
  • Application of spray medications.
  • Injection of medications from various locations, including intravascular, intramuscular, subcutaneous, and intraperitoneal. This also includes photographs of the area being shaved or prepared chemically if that was necessary for the injection.
• Diagnostic procedures:
  • Auscultation (e.g. a veterinarian listening to a guinea pig’s chest with a stethoscope).
  • Examination of the cheek teeth using cheek dilators.
  • Collection of blood from various locations of the body.
  • Skin scraping.
  • Biopsy collection from various parts of the body, as well as photographs depicting the laboratory examination of the biopsy sample.
  • Depicting the incubation and examination of pathogen cultures.
  • Cannularisation of various types, including intravascular and intraosseous. This includes preparing the guinea pig, the actual procedure, and the guinea pig afterward with the cannula inserted.
  • Catheterisation of both males and females. This includes preparing the guinea pig, the actual procedure, and the guinea pig afterward with the catheter inserted.
  • Electrocardiograms. This includes preparing the guinea pig (e.g. shaving), applying the electrodes, and the machine depicting the results.
  • Dyed eye for the detection of injuries.
  • Ultrasounds. This includes preparing the guinea pig (e.g. shaving), applying the gel, and performing the ultrasound.
  • X-ray preparation in as many positions as possible. In the case of x-rays using dental film, this includes the insertion and manipulation of the dental film. The diagnostic point of the x-ray must be provided (e.g. why that position was used).
  • MRIs and CT scans. Primarily showing the guinea pig in the machine.
  • Any endoscopic procedures, including otoscopy, stomatoscopy, tracheobronchoscopy, rhinoscopy, vaginoscopy, cystoscopy, gastroscopy, and colonoscopy. This includes both the photograph showing the procedure being done, and the photographs taken from the machine while inside the body cavity.
• Surgical procedures (this includes the procedure itself and photographs afterward depicting the healing of the wound):
  • Depicting the use of anaesthesia (e.g. applying the mask).
  • Cesarean section. This includes both the mother’s surgery and the procedures carried out to free and resuscitate the pups.
  • Ovariectomy (spay where the ovaries only are removed).
  • Ovariohysterectomy (spay where the ovaries and uterus are removed).
  • Castration (both open and closed).
  • Trimming of the teeth, including rasping and burring of both the incisors and the cheek teeth.
  • Tooth extraction of both the incisors and the cheek teeth.
  • Incision, draining, and/or removal of abscesses and cysts.
  • Eye removal.
  • Amputation.
  • Any and all other surgical procedures.
• Any physical therapy, such as acupuncture, hydrotherapy, or massaging. Information behind the reason for physical therapy, the process, and its success with the individual guinea pig must be provided.
• Any medication after being prepared for use. For example, enrofloxacin in the syringe ready for inserting into the mouth. Photographs of the medication before preparation also wanted (e.g. a bottle of enrofloxacin). This is to show the colour, consistency, and general appearance of medications.
• Any depiction of what an injury or emergency looks like to the naked eye, including shock, choking, anaphylaxis, heatstroke, hypothermia, dehydration, burns, seizures, cuts, abrasions, wounds, and fractured and broken limbs.
• Any stage of any disease. This includes photographs of the physical manifestations of the disease, shots before, during, and after treatment, administration of treatment, diagnostic procedures, etc. The actual disease must be known. Diseases include, but are not limited to:
  • Otological: aural haematoma, ear mites, inner ear disease, otitis media.
  • Ophthalmological: blepharitis, cataracts, conjunctival dermoid, conjunctivitis, corneal ulcer, foreign body in the eye, keratitis, lens luxation, ocular dermoid, pea eye.
  • Dental: caries, hypomineralization, hypoplasia, malocclusion, periodontitis, gingivitis, pulpitis, tooth root abscess, tooth trauma.
  • Stomatological: jaw abscess, jaw trauma, mouth sores, pharyngitis, retrobulbar abscess, sialitis, stomatitis, temporomandibular joint disorder.
  • Dermatological: bumblefoot, circumanal sebaceous accumulation, dermatitis, eczema, emphysema, epidermoid cyst, flystrike, fur mite, gangrene, keratosis, lice, mange, oedema, pachydermia, ringworm, sunburn, tick, topical mycosis, tumour of the mammary glands, tumour of the skin.
  • Neurological: brain abscess, cerebellar disorder, cerebral oedema, compression of the spinal cord, encephalomalacia, epilepsy, hydrocephalus, listeriosis, meningitis, myelitis, traumatic damage to brain, traumatic damage to spinal cord, tumours of the nervous system.
  • Musculoskeletal: arthritis, arthropathy, diaphragmatic hernia, fibrosis, metastatic calcification, muscular dystrophy, myopathy, myositis, osseous metaplasia, osteoarthritis, osteodystrophy, osteomyelitis, osteoporosis, rickets, trauma, tumours of the bones, tumours of the muscles.
  • Cardiological: arterial thrombosis, cardiac tamponade, cardiomyopathy, carditis, haemorrhagic disease, myocardial dystrophy, rhabdomyomatosis, ruptured heart, trumours of the heart, valvular disease, vascular malformation, venous thrombosis.
  • Pulmonological: aspiration, asthma, bony spicules in the lung, haemothorax, hydrothorax, lower respiratory infection, nasal obstruction, obstructed respiratory tract, perivascular lymphoid nodules, pleurisy, pneumonia, phemothorax, pulmonary abscess, pulmonary emphysema, pulmonary oedema, tumour of the lungs, upper respiratory infection.
  • Haematological: acidosis, alkalosis, anaemia, dehydration, enterotoxaemia, haemorrhage, hyperkalemia, hypovolemic shock, leukemia, oedema, septicaemia, water intoxication.
  • Immunological: allergy, anthrax, autoimmune disease, blackleg, cervical lymphadenitis, pseudotuberculosis, splenic abscess, toxoplasmosis, tumour of the lymphatic system.
  • Endocrinological: amyloidosis, Cushing’s disease, diabetes, ketosis, tumour of the adrenal gland, tumour of the thyroid gland.
  • Gastroenterological: bloat, botulism, cecitis, colitis, enteritis, gastric dilation, gastric volvulus, gastric stasis, gastric ulcers, impacted anal sack, impacted cecum, intussusception, peritonitis, prolapsed rectum, trichobezoar, tumour of the intestines, tumour of the stomach.
  • Hepatological: aflatoxicosis, cholelithiasis, focal coagulative necrosis of the liver, hepatic lipidosis, hepatitis, ruptured liver, tumour of the gallbladder, tumour of the liver, tumour of the pancreas.
  • Urological: bladder paralysis, cystitis, kidney failure, nephritis, nephrosis, renal ischaemia, tumour of the bladder, tumour of the kidney, urethritis, urolithiasis.
  • Gynaecological: cystic ovaries, endometritis, mastitis, metritis, prolapsed uterus, prolapsed vagina, pyometra, tumour of the ovary, tumour of the uterus, uterine haemorrhage.
  • Andrological: anal fold dermatitis, cauliflower willy, obstruction of the urethra, posthitis, prepuce infection, prolapsed penis, seminal vesiculitis, tumour of the testicle.
  • Psychological: anxiety, depression, neurosis, post-traumatic stress.
  • Whole body: emaciation, obesity, scurvy, wasting disease.

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Medical imaging needed

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• Full x-rays of healthy individuals that display the bones as clearly as possible. Both sexes and as many different ages as possible (these will be used to study epiphyseal union).
• Dental x-rays, especially those using dental films, that clearly depict healthy teeth and/or their placement in the jaw.
• Any images depicting intrauterine diphyodonty (the loss of baby teeth and development of adult teeth while still in the womb).
• MRIs or CT scans of the brain in healthy individuals, especially those that clearly show differentiation of the cerebrum, cerebellum, hypothalamus, thalamus, hippocampus, and brain stem.
• Any images depicting any of the organs, especially those that differentiate them clearly from the surrounding body or that demonstrate their relationship with other organs (e.g. a dyed x-ray showing the kidneys and ureters).
• X-rays and ultrasounds of diagnostic value that show the fetuses in the womb (and thus prove that a guinea pig is pregnant). This includes any images depicting the fetus(es) in any stage of development (stage of development must be known, however).
• Any images depicting the pubic separation of the sow before, during, and/or after birth.
• Any images taken with diagnostic value. This includes ultrasound images, x-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, and endoscopic photographs that clearly show an unhealthy feature. The information behind this, including the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, must be known.
• Any images depicting congenital defects. This includes x-rays showing skeletal abnormalities (such as missing teeth or a deformed spine), as well as x-rays, ultrasounds, and MRIs showing organ defects (such as heart disease or persistence of right aortic arch).

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