الفهرس 
Influence of some management practices on rearing of guinea pigs
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Abstract
This study was conducted on three separate experiments. In the first experiment, the influence of different types of feed on the performance of guinea pigs; a total number of 60 G. pigs were used and allocated into 12 cages each of 5 G. pigs/ cage. The cages (12) were divided into 4 groups, the 1st group fed on commercial rabbit diet (C.R.D), the 2nd fed on alfalfa hay (A.H), the 3rd fed on commercial rabbit diet and alfalfa hay (C.R.H) and the 4th fed on national research council ration (N.R.C) formed manually based on requirements of G. pigs. The results revealed that G. pigs fed on (N.R.C) ration had the highest body weight of adult G. pigs, pregnant sows and litter size as well as the average live birth weight which reflect on their mortality. While (Commercial rabbit diet+Alfalfa hay) group recorded the highest body weight for young G. pigs. Regarding the economic point of view in relation to weight gain (Alfalfa hay) group revealed the highest value for adult and (NRC) group for young. The second experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of different types of bedding material on the behaviour and performance of guinea pigs, a number of 30 G. pigs were used in this experiment