Name That Species
Mus musculus
What is a lab mouse?
Reduction, Refinement, and Replacement
What are the Three R's?
These animals are physically incapable of vomiting
What are rodents? (Mice, rats, hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits)
Misaligned or overgrown teeth
What is malocclusion?
UW Madison's sports mascot
Who is Bucky Badger?
Rattus norvegicus
What is a lab rat?
The book that is the basis for Animal Care and use in rodent species
What is The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals?
This animal requires vitamin C in its diet
What is a guinea pig?
Patchy hair due to overgrooming
What is barbering?
This US president was instrumental in the UW's founding and has a famous statue on Bascom Hill
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Cavia porcellus
What is a guinea pig?
IACUC stands for this
What is the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee?
Each year, thousands of humans receive heart valve transplants from these animals
What are pigs?
What BCS stands for
What is Body Condition Score?
Every year, Bascom Hill is filled with a flock of these colorful birds, a tradition started by student government pranksters in 1979
What are flamingos?
Mesocricetus auratus
What is a golden hamster?
Hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, cats, dogs, and swine are examples of species that are regulated by this federal agency
What is the USDA?
A group of this animal is called a "clowder"
What is a cat?
Low humidity can cause this condition in rats
What is ringtail?
The current head football coach
Who is Luke Fickell?
Oryctolagus cuniculus
What is a rabbit?
AAALAC stands for this
What is the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care?
This animal has a second set of upper incisors just behind the first set, called peg teeth
What is a rabbit?
Zebrafish can develop Mycobacteriosis, a bacterial disease also known as this
What is fish tuberculosis?
In the 1920's, Dr. Harry Steenbock's work with this vitamin led to a worldwide cure for rickets
What is Vitamin D?