“…Guinea pigs are adapted to high altitudes where other small livestock species, such as chickens and turkeys, have substantial health and production issues associated with the altitude. Recently guinea pig production has spread to other regions of the globe (Herman et al, 2014 ; Kouakou, Speybroeck, Assidjo, Grongnet, & Thys, 2011 ; Maass, Katung-Musale, Chiuri, Zozo, & Peters, 2010 ), where guinea pigs have been promoted as an affordable source of nonhuman animal protein and income for impoverished communities at high altitudes (Lammers, Carlson, Zdorkowski, & Honeyman, 2009 ).…”