Enrichment
Animals that are rotated to higher or lower cages on a bank for a different viewpoint is an example of this type of enrichment.
What is visual?
These are the three types of PPE required for spraybacks.
What are gloves, mask, and safety glasses?
This is a portable bedding disposal unit routinely used during rodent bedding changes and rodent bank sanitizations.
What is Mo-hep Bedding Disposal Unit?
The term for a male guinea pig is this.
What is a Boar?
All animals in the vivarium are this, meaning most active at dawn and dusk.
What is Crepuscular?
This is when we are able to house male and female rabbits next to each other in the same bank.
What is when the bank does not have group housing capabilities?
You are minimally required to wear these two types of PPE when entering the vivarium.
What are buttoned up lab coat and in house shoes/shoe covers?
This is what BAS stands for.
What is Building Automation System?
These are the 3 R's in laboratory animal research.
What are Replacement, Reduction, and Refinement?
This is the name of the sound used by guinea pigs to establish dominance heirarchies, courtship rituals, and territorial displays.
What is Rumblestrut?
Up to this many guinea pigs require one tube.
What is three?
These two types of PPE are required when entering occupied animal rooms.
What are Scrubs and In-house shoes/shoe covers?
This is the official name of the cage wash machine.
These two animal species at our facility are excluded from USDA oversight.
What are Mice and Rats?
This animal has the ability to detect landmines by smell.
What is a Rat?
We comply to this Act when providing enrichment to animals.
What is Animal Welfare Act?
All of these types of PPE are required while working under BSL II.
What is 2 Tyvek suits, 2 pairs of gloves, 2 shoe covers, a bouffant cap, and a mask?
What is 1.5"?
AALAC is the abbreviation for this organization.
What is The American Association for the Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care?
This species can help others of their species with a version of CPR by pulling their tongues.
What is a Mouse?
This many nude mice can be group housed together in a cage.
What is two?
Over this amount of decibels requires you to wear ear protection.
This is minimally how often weight PMs are performed.
What is yearly?
This is the most common hamster breed used in research.
What is Golden Syrian?
Guinea Pigs were domesticated this many thousands of years ago.
What is 3?