ALAT
The gestation period of the mouse and rat is approximately ___________ days.
What is 21 days?
Which regulatory agency performs annual unannounced site inspections and enforces the Animal Welfare Act?
What is the United States Department of Agriculture?
The general standard for the proper number of air changes per hour required for an animal room
What is 10-15?
The original reason for the development and implementation of the Animal Welfare Regulations.
What is to prevent "pet napping"/the stealing of pets to use in research experiments?
The frequency that site visits occur for accredited units
What is once every three years?
The “golden” hamster is also known as the _________________ hamster.
What is Syrian?
___________ is the science of poisons and the harmful or noxious effects these substances have on living organisms.
What is Toxicology?
The common name for the species scientifically known as Macaca fascicularis
What is the cynomolgus macaque/monkey (crab-eating macaque or long-tail macaque)?
The agency that enforces The Public Health Service Policy
What is the Office for Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)?
The number of regions/council sections that are represented by AAALAC Council to conduct site visits around the world?
What is 3 (North America, Europe and Pacific Rim)?
The common laboratory rat, Rattus norvegicus, was developed from the wild brown __________ rat.
What is Norway?
What infectious agent is the cause of “snuffles” in rabbits?
What is Pasteurella multocida?
The immunoglobulin that is associated with allergic reactions and parasitic infections
What is IgE?
The agency that enforce the Controlled Substances Act
What is the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)?
The individual who, as a representative of senior administration, bears ultimate responsibility for the Program and is responsible for resource planning and ensuring alignment of Program goals with the institution’s mission.
Who is the Institutional Official (IO)?
Eating feces is termed _______________, and is common in rodents and rabbits, although only rabbits produce special feces for this purpose
What is coprophagy?
This organization represents the interests of the public and the scientific community in the area of legislation and regulations on the use of research animals
What is the National Association for Biomedical Research (NABR)?
This animal has the highest risk of acquiring a vertebral fracture from improper handling
What is the rabbit?
According to the Animal Welfare Regulations what is the formula used to calculate the required square footage to house a dog.
What is measuring from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail plus six inches divided by 144?
The original name for AAALAC when it was originally incorporated on April 8, 1965
What is the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care?
A male ferret is called a _______ and a female ferret is called a ______________.
What is a hobb and a jill?
What is the term used to describe the study of birth defects?
What is Teratology?
The genus and species of the goat
What is Capra hircus?
The number of IACUC members and roles that are required by the Animal Welfare Act
What is 3 including Chair, Attending Veterinarian (AV) and Non-affiliated (Community) member?
The number of accredited unit around the world for AAALAC, International
What is 1010?