Past, Present & Future
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Famous Animals
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Big Brother
100
This is the district that Michigan AALAS belongs to.
What is District V?
100
Rattus norvegicus
What is the rat?
100
I am a main character on a popular 60s sitcom. I only talk to one man and I end up getting him in a lot of mischief.
What is a horse named Mr. Ed?
100
This person is responsible for the oversight of the veterinary care program within an institution.
What is the AV or attending veterinarian?
100
This should be readily available and contains all information on chemicals used within the animal facility.
What is MSDS: Material Safety Data Sheet?
200
As the next National AALAS president, she is the Director of the Center for Comparative Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.
Who is Dr. Cindy Buckmaster?
200
Sus scrofa domestica
What is the pig?
200
I am the first ever cloned animal.
What is a sheep named Dolly?
200
A very important aspect in a surgical suite, this technique "is used to reduce microbial contamination to the lowest possible practical level" and should be monitored by everyone participating in the surgical procedure.
What is aseptic technique?
200
This publication "plays an important role in decision making regarding the use of vertebrate laboratory animals because it establishes the minimum ethical, practice, and care standards for researchers and their institutions." The eighth edition was released in 2011.
What is The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals?
300
This organization was founded in 1963 by Dr. Bennett J. Cohen.
What is the Michigan Branch of AALAS? (The Michigan Branch was founded in 1963 by Dr. Bennett J. Cohen, who was also the first branch president and help co-found National AALAS)
300
Cebus sapajus
What is the capuchin?
300
I can predict an early spring or a longer winter by my shadow and my "Day" has been celebrated since 1887.
What is a groundhog named Punxsutawny Phil?
300
The acceptable range for humidity for most mammalian species.
What is 30-70%?
300
President Johnson signed this act into law in 1966.
What is the Animal Welfare Act?
400
Of the four AALAS publications, this one debuted the most recently, is released quarterly and provides members with a wealth of knowledge, including Tech Tips.
What is LAS Pro or Laboratory Animal Science Professional?
400
Lophius piscatorius
What is the monkfish?
400
I can usually been seen laying flat on my back on top of my house with my little yellow bird friend sitting with me.
What is a dog named Snoopy?
400
When housed in groups these two rodent species require a height of at least 7 inches in their microenvironment.
What are rats and guinea pigs?
400
This segment of the NIH "provides guidance and interpretation of the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, supports educational programs, and monitors compliance with the Policy by Assured institutions and PHS funding components to ensure the humane care and use of animals in PHS-supported research, testing, and training, thereby contributing to the quality of PHS-supported activities."
What is OLAW or Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare?
500
Name the fantastic locations for the 2013, 2014 and 2015 National AALAS meetings and the location of the 2015 District V meeting.
What are Baltimore, San Antonio, Phoenix and Detroit?
500
Mustela putorius furo
What is the ferret?
500
I live in the sewers and socialize with a quartet of turtles.
What is a rat named Splinter?
500
To decrease the chance of this phenomenon in which chemical mediators of pain build-up within the spinal cord causing a sensitization to stimuli that would not normally be painful, it is imperative to use proper anesthetics and analgesics.
What is wind-up?
500
Number of countries that are represented in the ~900 AAALACi accredited institutions. (Clue: <40, >35)
What is 39?
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