The genus of the ferret ear mite is - Answer-Otodectes
Rodents practice coprophagy primarily to recover: - Answer-B vitamin complex
The best method for euthanizing a large group of mice is: - Answer-carbon dioxide
What vaccine should all ferrets receive? - Answer-canine distemper
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The genus of the ferret ear mite is - Answer-Otodectes
Rodents practice coprophagy primarily to recover: - Answer-B vitamin complex
The best method for euthanizing a large group of mice is: - Answer-carbon dioxide
What vaccine should all ferrets receive? - Answer-canine distemper
Snuffles in rabbits is most commonly caused by - Answer-Pasteurella multocida
The genus and species name for the hamster is: - Answer-Mesocricetus auratus
Ferrets are very susceptible to which disease? - Answer-canine distemper
What is the most commonly used animal in research? - Answer-mouse
The female of what species exhibits the sexually dimorphic characteristics called the
dewlap? - Answer-Oryctolagus cuniculus
What is the average gestation for the guinea pig? - Answer-59 days
The genus and species name for the rabbit is: - Answer-Oryctolagus cuniculus
What is the preferred ratio of daylight to darkness for most laboratory rodents? -
Answer-12/12
What zoonotic viral disease of primates produces a mild disease with ulcers on the
mucous membranes and tongue in its natural host, the Macaca? - Answer-Herpes B
Where are Harderian glands located? - Answer-behind the eye
Which class of antibiotics is most likely to cause serious side-effects in the
gastrointestinal system of rabbits and rodents?
A. Tetracyclines
B. Cephalosporins
C. Penicillins
D. fluoroquinolones - Answer-Penicillins
The sex of the juvenile mice is determined by - Answer-anogenital distance
Which human viral disease is contagious to hon-human primates?
, A. Mycoplasma
B. Measles
C. Salmonellosis
D. Campylobacter - Answer-Measles
Animals that are free of absolutely all microorganisms and parasites are called: -
Answer-axenic
Tyzzer's disease is most commonly seen in which animals? - Answer-Rodents
The major causative agent of chronic respiratory disease in rats is: - Answer-
Mycoplasma
What is the average life span of the rat? - Answer-2-3 years
Which animal has flank glands?
A. Gerbil
B. Hamster
C. Primate
D. Guinea pig - Answer-hamsters
Sendai virus is a - Answer-Paramyxovirus
What frequently fatal disease do intact female ferrets most often develop? - Answer-
estrogen toxicity
What laboratory animal species has ventral sebaceous glands? - Answer-gerbil
What group reviews animal research protocols to be sure that the methods of care and
use are appropriate and in compliance with federal and institutional guidelines? -
Answer-Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
Slobbers, or moist dermatitis, is a common condition that occurs in: - Answer-rabbits
Porphyrins are secreted by which gland in the rat? - Answer-Harderian
What is the most frequent site for routine blood collection in nonhuman primates? -
Answer-femoral vein
A diet rich in vitamin C must be provided to what species because they cannot
synthesize their own? - Answer-Guinea pigs and nonhuman primates
What occurs in an animal with pregnancy toxemia? - Answer-ketosis
Scruffing is most appropriate as a form of restraint for which species?
A. Mouse
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