Equipment
Cage wash temperature deemed appropriate for cleaning
What is 180 degrees F?
term for the cage in which the animal is being housed
What is the primary enclosure?
The recommended humidity for laboratory animal rooms
What is 30-70%?
Microorganism that causes disease
What is a pathogen?
Food should be stored at least this many inches from the wall
What is 6 inches?
The 3 types of cage washers
The most common plastic used for rodent caging and fish tanks
What is Polysulfone?
The air pressure in a surgical suite
What is positive pressure?
To reduce the number of microorganisms on an object or surface to an acceptable public health standard
What is sanitation?
List the 6 required nutrients of an animal diet
What is protein, carbs, fiber, fats, vitamins, and minerals?
This is also known as a glove box
What is a Class 3 BSC?
A caging system with drop pans common for rabbits
What is a suspended caging system?
The Guide's recommended room ventilation rate
What is 10-15 exchanges of fresh air/hour?
List 2 ways water is treated to make it appropriate drinking water for laboratory animals
What is autoclaving, filtering, chlorination, acidification, deionization, ultraviolet, and RO?
The 4 fat soluble vitamins
What is ADEK?
The acronym HEPA stands for this
What is High-efficiency Particulate air?
This type of caging allows monitoring of different parameters such as feed and water intake or urine and feces output
What is metabolism caging?
The 2 most common light cycle periods for laboratory animals
What is 12:12 and 14:10?
food that manufacturers have confirmed that contaminants like pesticides or heavy metals are below a certain level
What is certified feed?
Disease in young animals which the bones thin due to loss of calcium
What is rickets?
The 2 types of material that should never be autoclaved
What is flammable liquids and radioactive material?
A fish tank where water is filtered to remove particulate matter and waste before returning to the tank
What is a recirculating system?
A hand-held instrument consisting of a ball in a tube that is used to measure airflow
What is an anemometer?
List the 3 common disinfectants used in research
What is bleach, quaternary ammonium, and isopropyl alcohol?
The words and acronym used on signs to clearly mark animals for fasting