Regulatory
This agency administers the Animal Welfare Act
What is the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)?
This period allows newly arrived animals to recover from the stress of transport and get used to a new environment.
What is acclimation?
This term describes an infectious agent that causes disease.
What is a pathogen?
Gloves, safety glasses, and masks are all types of this.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
This is the most awesome person in Comp Med.
Who is Merry?
This committee oversees the institution's animal care and use program
What is the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
This is the scientific name for the laboratory mouse
What is Mus Musculus?
This is the behavioral condition in which a mouse chews fur off another mouse.
What is barbering?
This noise level measurement is when ear protectors should be worn.
What is at or above 85 Decibels?
This comp med staff member raises chickens.
Who is James N?
This scientist has overall responsibility for research conducted on animals
Who is the Principal Investigator (PI)?
Quarantine and isolation rooms should operate on this type of air pressure.
What is negative?
This is overgrowth of rodent incisors
What is Malocclusion?
This is how long eyes be flushed in case of a splash exposure
What is at least 15 minutes?
This comp med staff member was an extra in an Amy Shumer movie.
Who is James A?
These are the 3Rs
What are Reduction, Refinement and Replacement?
These are three environmental factors that should be monitored in the animal room
What are Temperature, humidity, noise, lighting, ventilation, contaminants, vibration, and odors?
The reddish material found in the tears and saliva of rats
What is porphyrin?
This term described a disease transmitted from animals to humans.
What is zoonoss or a zoonotic disease?
This comp med staff member completed in a National Collegiate Racquetball Tournament.
Who is Tom?
This agency is responsible for enforcing the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS Policy)
What is the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)?
This is a distinct white spot visible on left side of the abdomen of newborn rats and mice indicating the stomach contains milk
What is a milk spot?
This means blood in the urine.
Hematuria
These are the 3 key factors for personal protection from radiation.
What are Shielding, Time and Distance
This comp med staff member is in the band The Armando Experience.
Who is Ryan?