Laboratory Animal Science Exam 2025 | Complete
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What species is it not recommended to house in groups; for both the females and
the males? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Rabbits
For which species is it recommended to give a ready made burrow? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Gerbil
What is the Bruce Effect? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Tendency for
female rodents to terminate their pregnancies following exposure to the scent of
an unfamiliar male
What is the Whitten Effect? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------When the
introduction of a male to a group of females causes estrus
What is a positively pressured room? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Where the pressure in the operating room is greater than the adjacent areas
,What is a negatively pressured room? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The
air pressure inside the room is lower than the air pressure outside the room.
What is an LAT? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Laboratory Animal
Technician
What is ALAT? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Assistant Laboratory Animal
Technician
What is LATG? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Laboratory Animal
Technologist
What is an IACUC?
What does an IACUC have to have? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Oversight of the animal care and use program and its components
Why is it so important to always support the back end of a rabbit? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Rabbits have powerful hindlegs and can damage
their backs if they resist restraint
, What vaccines do we routinely give ferrets? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------
-Rabies and Distemper
What is Tyzzer's disease?What is the causative agent? ---------CORRECT ANSWER---
--------------Diarrhea, dehydration and anorexia
Clostridium piliforme
What is lymphocytic choriomeningitis? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Rodent-borne viral infectious disease caused by lymphocytic choriomeningitis
virus
What is ring tail? How do we prevent it? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Condition that occurs in accompanying high temperature, low humidity
environments, with frequent drafts inside the rat's cage.
Keeping the humidity in the living environment at no more than 70 percent and
keeping the cage temperature at about 70 to 74 degrees Fahrenheit.
What law regarding animal use does the USDA oversee? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------The Animal Welfare Act (AWA)
Questions and Correct Answers | Graded A+ |
Verified Answers | Just Released
What species is it not recommended to house in groups; for both the females and
the males? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Rabbits
For which species is it recommended to give a ready made burrow? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Gerbil
What is the Bruce Effect? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Tendency for
female rodents to terminate their pregnancies following exposure to the scent of
an unfamiliar male
What is the Whitten Effect? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------When the
introduction of a male to a group of females causes estrus
What is a positively pressured room? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Where the pressure in the operating room is greater than the adjacent areas
,What is a negatively pressured room? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The
air pressure inside the room is lower than the air pressure outside the room.
What is an LAT? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Laboratory Animal
Technician
What is ALAT? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Assistant Laboratory Animal
Technician
What is LATG? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Laboratory Animal
Technologist
What is an IACUC?
What does an IACUC have to have? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Oversight of the animal care and use program and its components
Why is it so important to always support the back end of a rabbit? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Rabbits have powerful hindlegs and can damage
their backs if they resist restraint
, What vaccines do we routinely give ferrets? ---------CORRECT ANSWER----------------
-Rabies and Distemper
What is Tyzzer's disease?What is the causative agent? ---------CORRECT ANSWER---
--------------Diarrhea, dehydration and anorexia
Clostridium piliforme
What is lymphocytic choriomeningitis? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Rodent-borne viral infectious disease caused by lymphocytic choriomeningitis
virus
What is ring tail? How do we prevent it? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Condition that occurs in accompanying high temperature, low humidity
environments, with frequent drafts inside the rat's cage.
Keeping the humidity in the living environment at no more than 70 percent and
keeping the cage temperature at about 70 to 74 degrees Fahrenheit.
What law regarding animal use does the USDA oversee? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------The Animal Welfare Act (AWA)
