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In Peru, guinea pigs were traditionally raised for home consumption and therefore contributed to rural households` food security in the Andean region (Chauca 1997). In the last decades, guinea pig production turned from a subsistence activity into a profitable business in the highlands and the coastal region of Peru (Chauca 2013; Avilés et_al 2014). Different authors (Chauca 1997; Lammers et_al 2009; Avilés et_al 2014) describe three production systems for guinea pigs. Both systems are characterized by keeping highly specialized purebred or crossbred guinea pigs for meat production. Farms with 100 to 500 . . .
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