Salem Guinea Pigs Aid .'Science
Br LUUc L. Ma4se
Farm Editor, Th Statesman
Noah Webster, of definition
fame, sajrs that a ginea pig is any
subject of "experimentation or
testing designed to yield data for
scientific conclusions or large
scale calculations'.
Mrs. John Christensen, of Salem
route 7, says that may rery well
all be so but a guinea pig is more
than that. It's an individual ani
mal with, special likes and dis
likes, and besides being used so
frequently "to yield data for sci
entific conclusions', it makes
mighty fine pet.
History tells nothing of Noah
Webster ever having had a guinea
pig. Mrs. Christensen has had as
many as 200 at one time and at
the present time has some over
75. You never know, she explains,
lust how many guinea pigs you
have.
"Don't get the idea that they
ar as prolific as rabbits," Mrs.
Christenson hurriedly adds, "They
! aren't. But they do multiply quite
rapidly . . . very rapidly if you
don't segregate them." Mrs. Chris
tensen has grown rabbits, too. In
fact she has 70 does st the present
time besides the guinea pigs. At
one time she had 260 does.
But guinea pigs are more in
teresting than rabbits, Mrs. Chris
tensen reports, as she tells how
she first began raising them.
Figs fer Laboratory.
"It was about three years ago.
We had been raising rabbits for a
year or so. Or.e of Salem's labor
atory technicians approached us
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Mrs. J. Christensen Displays Prize Guinea Pig
about raising him some pigs. I
was startled," she says. "I told
him we couldn't raise very many
on our little six acre ranch. Then
he explained he wanted pigs for
bis laboratory guinea pigs. That's
how we started."
Since then the Chrlstensens have
raised them steadily, selling, be
sides to the Salem laboratories,
to a "cavy broker" in California.
The broker distributes them to
the various laboratories there.
Each sow, as the little female
is called, has from three to four
litters a year. If they produce
more rapidly the little pigs are
less strong and do not make quite
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such good specimens for labora
tory experiments.
Eyes Open Before Birth
They are in rather an advanced
stage of development before birth.
Their eyes are open two weeks be
fore the pigs are born. Their body
is covered with hair, and their
teeth are so developed that they
can eat solid food almost from
birth. When they are an hour and
a half old they are up eating let
tuce. A funny thing about the moth
ers, Mrs. Christensen tells, is that
they do not seem to care whether
they feed their own or the pigs
of one of the other sows. If six
mothers with their young are put
into the same pen, the mothers
feed any of the little pigs that
come along.
. Unlike most other animals (ex
cepting man) guinea pigs require
a large amount of vitamin C. They
get this from green feeds such as
clover, grass, alfalfa, lettuce, car
rot tops and sprouted oats. Some
breeders feed their guinea pigs
cabbage and apples, but Mrs.
Christensen finds this is not good
for; them, and other guinea pig ex
perts say that "cabbage should be
fed sparingly at first."
When the little pigs are about
10 weeks old and weigh from 0
to 16 ounces, they are ready for
laboratory use. They are ' then
taken to the laboratory where they
are injected with whatever serum
the experiment involves. They are
returned to the cavery for six
weeks (if they live that long),
kept and fed separately from all
other guinea pigs. After six weeks
they are taken back to the labora
tory for diagnosis, in reference to
the way the serum has performed.
Many laboratories, Mrs. Chris
tensen says, have facilities for
keeping the guinea pig right at
hand.
figs Called Cavies
Fanciers of the little rodents call
them cavies. The domesticated
guinea pig is derived from the
restless cavy, the wild guinea pig
of South America. Its wild an
cestors still live on that continent.
Mrs. Christensen says there are
23 varieties. A white variety,
known as the Himamaylan, brings
a little more than do most of the
other varities. The common guinea
pig is called the English variety,
and is well adapted to laboratory
use. It comes in many colors, fre
quently spotted black, white and
red. The Peruvian variety has
rather long hair (frequently six
inches long.) The other varieties
are not seen frequently at shows.
Silverton WCTU
Plans Yule Party
States
Mk News 8rvlc
SILVERTON The Frances
Willard chapter of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union will
hold its annual Christmas party
at 2 p. m. Friday, December 14 at
the Calvary Lutheran parsonage,
310 Jersey st., with Mrs. A. Hok
onson as hostess.
The party is held to bring gifts
to the Children's Farm home at
Corvallis and anyone, whether a
member of the group or not, is
invited to bring a gift to the party.
The WCTU will deliver the gifts to
the Corvallis home.
Mill City School
Starts Rally Squad
Statesman New Serric
MILL CITY Eight girls have
been elected by their respective
classes to make up a rally squad
at Mill City high school.
They are: Joyce Westgaard and
Ardith Jones, seniors; Patricia
Davidson and JoAnn Hoffman,
Juniors; Jerry Hamblin and Carol
Blazek, sophomores; and fresh
men, Patricia Nibler and Will a
Loucks. This is the first year there
has been a rally squad for the
school.
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