Editing Guinea pig (section)

==== Sub-Saharan Africa ====
Efforts have been made to promote guinea pig [[animal husbandry|husbandry]] in developing countries of [[West Africa]],<ref name=Africa/> where they occur more widely than generally known because they are usually not covered by livestock statistics. However, it has not been known when and where the animals have been introduced to Africa.<ref>Blench, R.M. 2000. African minor livestock species. In: Blench, R.M. and MacDonald, K.C. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sM2WZg3u5iQC&pg=PA314 The origins and development of African livestock: Archaeology, genetics, linguistics and enthnography]. University College London Press, London, UK; pp. 314–338 {{ISBN|1-84142-018-2}}.</ref> In [[Cameroon]], they are widely distributed.<ref>{{cite journal|pmid=9719838|year=1998|last1=Manjeli|first1=Y|last2=Tchoumboue|first2=J|last3=Njwe|first3=RM|last4=Teguia|first4=A|title=Guinea-pig productivity under traditional management|volume=30|issue=2|pages=115–22|journal=Tropical Animal Health and Production|doi=10.1023/A:1005099818044|s2cid=17847427}}</ref><ref>Ngou-Ngoupayou, J.D., Kouonmenioc, J., Fotso Tagny, J.M., Cicogna, M., Castroville, C., Rigoni, M. and Hardouin, J. 1995. [http://www.fao.org/ag/aga/agap/frg/feedback/war/v6200b/v6200b08.htm Possibilités de développement de l'élevage du cobaye en Afrique subsaharienne: le cas du Cameroun] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126123432/http://www.fao.org/ag/aga/agap/frg/feedback/war/v6200b/v6200b08.htm |date=2012-01-26 }}. World Animal Review (FAO/AGA) 83(2): 21–28</ref> In the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], they can be found both in peri-urban environments<ref>{{cite journal|pmid=17966272|year=2007|last1=Bindelle|first1=J|last2=Ilunga|first2=Y|last3=Delacollette|first3=M|last4=Kayij|first4=MM|last5=Di m'Balu|first5=JU|last6=Kindele|first6=E|last7=Buldgen|first7=A|title=Voluntary intake, chemical composition and in vitro digestibility of fresh forages fed to guinea pigs in periurban rearing systems of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo)|volume=39|issue=6|pages=419–26|journal=Tropical Animal Health and Production|doi=10.1007/s11250-007-9036-y|hdl=2268/19482|s2cid=33303439|url=http://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/19482}}</ref> as well as in rural regions, for example, in [[South Kivu]].<ref>Maass, B.L., Katunga-Musale, D., Chiuri, W.L., Zozo, R. and Peters, M. (2010) [http://www.tropentag.de/2010/abstracts/full/491.pdf Livelihoods of smallholders in South Kivu depend on small livestock: the case of the "cobaye"].</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Metre, T.K.|year=2011|url=http://www.rural21.com/uploads/media/Small_healthy_highyielding_01.pdf|title=Small, healthy, high-yielding|journal=Rural21 – the International Journal for Rural Development|volume=45|issue=1|pages=40–42 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005155855/http://www.rural21.com/uploads/media/Small_healthy_highyielding_01.pdf |archive-date=October 5, 2011}}</ref> They are also frequently held in rural households in [[Iringa Region]] of southwestern [[Tanzania]].<ref>
BACAS (Bureau for Agricultural Consultancy and Advisory Service). 2007. [http://www.cepf.net/Documents/UnileverTea_Tanzania_Tech_Report.pdf Analysis of the extent of human pressures and impact on natural forests of UNILEVER Tea Tanzania Limited (UTT)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061503/http://www.cepf.net/Documents/UnileverTea_Tanzania_Tech_Report.pdf |date=2011-09-28 }}. Final Report, BACAS, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
</ref><ref>Matthiesen et al. (2011) [http://www.tropentag.de/2011/abstracts/links/Matthiesen_llDdf2DY.pdf Importance of guinea pig husbandry for the livelihood of rural people in Tanzania: A case study in Iringa Region.] Tropentag, October 5–7, 2011, Bonn.</ref>