Morphometric evaluation of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) in Southern Peru

The aim of this study was the morphometric evaluation of guinea pigs in southern Peru. The study was carried out at the Agrarian Experimental Station Illpa (AESI) of the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation (NIAI) in Puno at 3824 meters above sea level. 120 guinea pigs were used (females n = 60...

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Autores principales: Quispe Condori, Dennis, Huacani Pacori, Ferdynand Marcos, Mamani Paredes, Javier, Mamani Cato, Ruben Herberht
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2548
https://doi.org/10.55214/25768484.v8i4.1049
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author Quispe Condori, Dennis
Huacani Pacori, Ferdynand Marcos
Mamani Paredes, Javier
Mamani Cato, Ruben Herberht
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Mamani Cato, Ruben Herberht
Mamani Paredes, Javier
Quispe Condori, Dennis
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Huacani Pacori, Ferdynand Marcos
Mamani Paredes, Javier
Mamani Cato, Ruben Herberht
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description The aim of this study was the morphometric evaluation of guinea pigs in southern Peru. The study was carried out at the Agrarian Experimental Station Illpa (AESI) of the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation (NIAI) in Puno at 3824 meters above sea level. 120 guinea pigs were used (females n = 60 and males n = 60) with an average age of 22 days. The morphometric characteristics evaluated were: body weight (BW), chest circumference (CC), abdominal perimeter (AP), neck perimeter (NP), head length (HL) and head width (HW). To evaluate the effect of sex on morphometric characteristics, a completely randomized design was used. To determine the equation that best predicts body weight, stepwise regression was used, and correlations between morphometric characteristics were obtained using Pearson's correlation. The results show that the sex factor does not significantly influence BW, CC, AP, NP, HL, and HW (p≥0.05); likewise, the equation that best predicts the body weight of the guinea pigs was: BW = -530.50 + 21.98(CC) + 12.72(AP) + 10.16(NP) + 57.23(HW), with R2 = 84%. Pearson correlations between morphometric characteristics were of high magnitude, positive, and statistically significant (p<0.001). It is concluded that in conditions of the Peruvian highlands, the sex factor does not influence the morphometric characteristics. It is also possible to predict body weight from CC, AP, NP, and HW, and the correlations were high and positive.
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spelling INIA25482024-07-22T16:53:19Z Morphometric evaluation of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) in Southern Peru Quispe Condori, Dennis Huacani Pacori, Ferdynand Marcos Mamani Paredes, Javier Mamani Cato, Ruben Herberht Abdominal perimeter Body weight Guinea pigs Head length Head width Morphometric characteristics Neck perimeter Southern Peru Stepwise regression https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.02.01 Morphometrics Morfometría Body weight Peso corporal Guinea pigs Cobaya Head dimensions Dimensiones de la cabeza Peru Stepwise regression Regresion de paso cauteloso The aim of this study was the morphometric evaluation of guinea pigs in southern Peru. The study was carried out at the Agrarian Experimental Station Illpa (AESI) of the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation (NIAI) in Puno at 3824 meters above sea level. 120 guinea pigs were used (females n = 60 and males n = 60) with an average age of 22 days. The morphometric characteristics evaluated were: body weight (BW), chest circumference (CC), abdominal perimeter (AP), neck perimeter (NP), head length (HL) and head width (HW). To evaluate the effect of sex on morphometric characteristics, a completely randomized design was used. To determine the equation that best predicts body weight, stepwise regression was used, and correlations between morphometric characteristics were obtained using Pearson's correlation. The results show that the sex factor does not significantly influence BW, CC, AP, NP, HL, and HW (p≥0.05); likewise, the equation that best predicts the body weight of the guinea pigs was: BW = -530.50 + 21.98(CC) + 12.72(AP) + 10.16(NP) + 57.23(HW), with R2 = 84%. Pearson correlations between morphometric characteristics were of high magnitude, positive, and statistically significant (p<0.001). It is concluded that in conditions of the Peruvian highlands, the sex factor does not influence the morphometric characteristics. It is also possible to predict body weight from CC, AP, NP, and HW, and the correlations were high and positive. 2024-07-22T16:50:16Z 2024-07-22T16:50:16Z 2024-07-19 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Quispe-Condori, D.; Huacani-Pacori, F. M.; Mamani-Paredes, J. & Mamani-Cato, R. H. (2024). Morphometric evaluation of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) in Southern Peru. Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology, 8(4), 390-396. doi:10.55214/25768484.v8i4.1049 2576-8484 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2548 https://doi.org/10.55214/25768484.v8i4.1049 eng urn:issn:2576-8484 Edelweiss Applied Science and Technology info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by /4.0/ application/pdf application/pdf Learning Gate US Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria Repositorio Institucional - INIA
spellingShingle Abdominal perimeter
Body weight
Guinea pigs
Head length
Head width
Morphometric characteristics
Neck perimeter
Southern Peru
Stepwise regression
https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.02.01
Morphometrics
Morfometría
Body weight
Peso corporal
Guinea pigs
Cobaya
Head dimensions
Dimensiones de la cabeza
Peru
Stepwise regression
Regresion de paso cauteloso
Quispe Condori, Dennis
Huacani Pacori, Ferdynand Marcos
Mamani Paredes, Javier
Mamani Cato, Ruben Herberht
Morphometric evaluation of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) in Southern Peru
title Morphometric evaluation of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) in Southern Peru
title_full Morphometric evaluation of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) in Southern Peru
title_fullStr Morphometric evaluation of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) in Southern Peru
title_full_unstemmed Morphometric evaluation of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) in Southern Peru
title_short Morphometric evaluation of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) in Southern Peru
title_sort morphometric evaluation of guinea pigs cavia porcellus in southern peru
topic Abdominal perimeter
Body weight
Guinea pigs
Head length
Head width
Morphometric characteristics
Neck perimeter
Southern Peru
Stepwise regression
https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.02.01
Morphometrics
Morfometría
Body weight
Peso corporal
Guinea pigs
Cobaya
Head dimensions
Dimensiones de la cabeza
Peru
Stepwise regression
Regresion de paso cauteloso
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/2548
https://doi.org/10.55214/25768484.v8i4.1049
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