What is the amount of energy required for a mouse to maintain body temperature for each 1C drop in ambient temperature below the thermoneutral zone.
100
2 characteristics of the estrous cycle in mice
What are polyestrous and cycle every 4-5 days
100
The 2 categories of pheromones
What are primer pheromones and releaser pheromones
100
Special stain required to diagnose Clostridium piliforme
What is Warthin-Starry
100
The two pathogenic mycobacteria in laboratory mice
What are M. avium-intracellulare and M. lepraemurium
200
The thermoneutral zone for mice
What is 29.6C-30.5C
200
The Bruce Effect
What is the presence of pheromones from a strange male mouse that may prevent implantation or pseudopregnancy in recently bred females.
200
Two examples of social dominance
What are whisker chewing and hair nibbling
200
The causative agent of transmissible murine colonic hyperplasia
What is Citrobacter rodentium
200
An ubiquitous gram-negative organism that can remain latent in the respiratory or intestinal tracts
What is Proteus mirabilis
300
The number of lung lobes a mouse has
What is 5
300
The length of gestation in a mouse
What is 19-21 days
300
Cyclic behavior that occurs mostly during the evening or at night
What is maintenance behavior (eating, drinking)
300
The cause of pseudotuberculosis in mice
What is Corynebacterium kutscheri
300
The characteristic gross finding in transmissible murine colonic hyperplasia
What is severe thickening of the descending colon which may extend to the transverse colon and lasts 2-3 weeks
400
The number of glomeruli in a mouse compared to a rat
What is 4.8 times as many.
400
Required for nursing but is not essential for parturition or reproductive behavior.
What is Oxytocin
400
The strain mentioned by the blue book that is prone to fights and has a high prevalence of bite wounds around the head, back, shoulders, perineum, and tail
What are BALB/c mice
400
The 6 species of Helicobacter that have been isolated from mice
What are H. hepaticus, H. bilis, H. muridarum, H. rappini, H. rodentium, and H. typhlonius
500
The smallest tooth in both jaws
What is the third molar.
500
The location of fertilization
What is the ampulla or the upper portion of the oviduct.
500
The number of genes that have been studies in the mouse central nervous system
What is 100
500
The clinical signs seen in immunodeficient mice contaminated with staphylococci
What are abscesses and furunculosis
500
The full name of the person who discovered Tyzzer's and the colony of mice where it was found.
Who is Ernest Tyzzer and his colony of Japanese Waltzing mice.