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100

True or false

The Animal Welfare Regulations is another name for the Animal Welfare Act.

False

The Animal Welfare Regulations describe what rules a facility must follow to comply with the AWA.

100

This type of PPE provides the best protection for the eye.

Goggles or safety glasses with side shields 

100

The term for difficult labor or birthing.

Dystocia
100
The behavioral condition in which a mouse chews fur off another mouse.

Barbering

100

Holstein, Jersey, and Guernsey are examples of breeds of this type of cattle.

Dairy

200

This agency is responsible for enforcing the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS Policy).

Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)

200

Ear protectors should be worn in areas such as cage wash where the noise level measures at or above this level.

85 decibels 

200

Another name for a polygamous mating system in which one male is housed with 2 or more females.

Harem mating system

200

Most of the mouse's activities take place during this part of the photoperiod. 

Dark period

200

This term means removing the horns of a goat.

Debudding

300

Upon request, USDA records are available to the public under this federal act.

Freedom of Information Act
300

This law requires employers to provide a workplace free from hazards that can cause serious injury or death.

Occupational Safety and Health Act

300

An inbred strain is achieved after a minimum of how many generations of brother-to-sister or parent-to-offspring breeding?

20 generations

300

This behavior causes swine to use their snouts to overturn water or feed bowls not secured to their pen.

Rooting

300

This restraint method involved placing a sheep off-balance so it sits back on its rump.

Tipping

400

The guidelines for the safe handling and containment of biological agents in a laboratory setting are defined in this publication.

Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories

400

This gaseous byproduct from urine can irritate respiratory passages.

Ammonia

400

The term used for the long period between breeding season in some animal species such as dogs and cats.

Anestrus 

400

The way people behave based on commonly held core values is known as this concept. 

Ethics

400
This condition is where the stomach may twist 90o to 360o

Torsion

500

This agency controls the receipt, possession, use, transfer, and disposal of licensed nuclear material.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

500

These two types of personal protection are necessary for employees who work under ultraviolet light.

Eye and skin protection
500

This is the term for an animal with a fragment of DNA that has been introduced into its genome.

Transgenic 

500

Employee recognition programs meet this need on Maslow's hierarchy of human needs.

Belonging and social needs

500

This rickettsial disease of ruminants is caused by Coxiella burnetii.

Q-fever