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Guinea-Bissau

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He helped eradicate smallpox, and as vice president for health programs at the Carter Center, Dr. Donald R. Hopkins is targeting Guinea worm disease.|

A surprise has turned up in the fight against Guinea worm: In Chad, more dogs have it than people do — and fish guts are apparently to blame.|

A list of resources from around the Web about Guinea Bissau as selected by The New York Times.|

Why didn’t all of Erin’s guinea pigs join her? Being a therapy pet requires very special traits. Erin’s three other female cavies are fun at home but don’t have personalities suited for therapy work. Rosie, an albino with striking red eyes, was considered for therapy registration, but there was concern that her red eyes might make people feel uneasy. Val, adopted from a friend who could no longer care for her, is the most active guinea pig and never sits still. Sally, their newest addition, is still a bit skittish and shy. Erin tells Guinea Pig Today, “Her personality reminds me of that of a cat – she can be affectionate or stand-offish, depending on her mood.”|

The European variety is Viscum Album and the common mistletoe in the US is Phoradendron Serotinum. They have different toxic elements but both types can be deadly. Injesting small amounts in dogs and cats will give them a tummy ache, but the impact on a guinea pig is much greater. Even a small amount can be deadly to cavies for the same reasons stated above.|

Angela founded Guinea Pig Today and guest writes for CavyMadness. She volunteers with Metropolitan Guinea Pig Rescue and supports the ROUS Foundation. Her guinea pig, Papua, is the star of WHEK-TV/DT.|

Republic of Guinea Conakry () Republic 9.95 million 95,000 square miles; about the size of Oregon French (official); individual languages of each ethnic group Total Population: [29%] Male: [43%]; Female: [18%] 1958|

He helped eradicate smallpox, and as vice president for health programs at the Carter Center, Dr. Donald R. Hopkins is targeting Guinea worm disease.|

In tracing the travel of a 2-year-old girl and her family from Guinea and quarantining 108 people, Malian officials believe they have limited the outbreak in the country to one person.|

The guinea pig, also called the cavy, is a of rodent belonging to the family Caviidae and the genus . Despite their common name, these animals are not in the pig family, nor are they from Guinea. They originated in the Andes, and earlier studies based on biochemistry and hybridization suggested they are domesticated descendants of a closely related species of cavy such as Cavia aperea, C. fulgida, or C. tschudii and, therefore, do not exist naturally in the wild. Recent studies applying molecular markers, in addition to studying the skull and skeletal morphology of current and mummified animals, revealed that the ancestor is most likely Cavia tschudii. The guinea pig plays an important role in the folk culture of many Indigenous South American groups, especially as a food source, but also in folk medicine and in community religious ceremonies. Since the 1960s, efforts have been made to increase consumption of the animal outside South America. In Western societies, the guinea pig has enjoyed widespread popularity as a household pet since its introduction by European traders in the 16th century.|

Only 148 cases of Guinea worm disease, which is on the brink of extinction, were found in the world in 2013, the Carter Center announced.|

The great majority of the remaining cases of Guinea worm are in southern Sudan.|

Donald R. Hopkins of the Carter Center writes that the conflict in South Sudan threatens the near-eradication of Guinea worm disease.|

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