MEESES
THIS AND THAT
RATTIES
HAM IT UP
WITH HAMMIES
100
a good indication of a healthy newborn mouse
What is a milk spot?
100
indication that you have a good retraint on a mouse you will be giving an IP injection to
What is it cannot turn its head to bite you?
100
the name for the hooded rat
What is Long-Evans?
100
the condition that is hereditary in hamsters and people
What is Diabetes mellitus?
100
this differences in hamster urine from mice or rats
What is it is thick and milky?
200
gestation period in a mouse
What is 19-21 days?
200
the difference between a knockout (ko) and transgenic (tg)
What is a knockout has an inactivated gene and a transgenic has an additional gene
200
the recommended restraint technique for the rat
What is hold the rat around the thorax and just behind the forelegs?
200
the difference of the hamster stomach from other rodents
What is the hamster stomach is divided into two compartments?
200
age for hamsters to reproduce
What is 42-70 days?
300
the term for the type of activity found in a mouse
What is nocturnal?
300
active mostly at night
What is nocturnal?
300
description of the heat cycle of the rat
What is polyestrus?
300
the hamster flank organ is also known as this
What is the scent gland?
300
the length of gestation of a hamster
What is 15-16 days?
400
the reason to give mice (or any rodent) hard food
What is to wear down their incisor teeth?
400
definition of ad libitum
What is given a continuous supply?
400
the length of gestation in the rat
What is 20-22 days?
400
types of research hamsters are commonly used for
What is cancer, genetic and dental care studies?
400
weaning age of hamsters
What is 21 days?
500
the normal range of body temperature of a mouse in celsius
What is 35.8 to 37.4 degrees celsius?
500
when a femal goes into estrus within 24 hours after giving birth
What is postpartum estrus?
500
the cause for the reddish brown staining on the fur of an albino rat
What is porphyrin from tears and saliva?
500
the cheeck pouch is inverted and examined under a microscope
What is the technique used to study in vivo vasculature in hamsters?
500
this is done when hand mating of hamsters
What is removing the female after mating?
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