{"id":514,"date":"2023-04-20T01:03:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T01:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/?p=514"},"modified":"2024-06-18T06:55:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T06:55:43","slug":"guinea-pigs-urinary-tract-anatomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/2023\/04\/20\/guinea-pigs-urinary-tract-anatomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Guinea pigs &#8211; urinary tract anatomy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rsw_1280-3.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rsw_1280-3.webp 452w, https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/rsw_1280-3-300x269.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Guinea pigs are commonly affected by lower urinary tract disease, including uroliths and infection. It&#8217;s important to be familiar with the anatomic peculiarities in these species when approaching these cases.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In female guinea pigs, the urethral opening is separate from the vaginal opening. So when presented with &#8220;bleeding&#8221;, it&#8217;s more straightforward to differentiate between urinary and reproductive origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s the male anatomy that&#8217;s quite peculiar. At the tip of the penis is a sac with 2 keratinised prongs. It looks like this is where the urethra opens, but it\u2019s actually next to it. There are also elaborate sex organs, including the seminal vesicles which look a lot like uterine horns (numbers 3 and 4 in photo). These features can make urinary catheterisation in males far more challenging than in females.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you ever need to catheterise a guinea pig, know your anatomy!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><p>Photo reference:<\/p><p>Popesko et al.<em>\u00a01992. A colour atlas of anatomy of small laboratory animals.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guinea pigs are commonly affected by lower urinary tract disease, including uroliths and infection. It&#8217;s important to be familiar with the anatomic peculiarities in these species when approaching these cases.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[16,25,44],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4257,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/4257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fetchwebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}