Regulatory Acronyms
USDA
What is the United States Department of Agriculture?
The common laboratory animal that lacks a gall bladder
What is the rat?
Mus musculus
What is the mouse?
Syrian Hamster
What is 15-16 days?
The 2 common laboratory animal species not covered by the Animal Welfare Act?
What is mice and rats?
FDA
What is the Food and Drug Administration?
The 4 compartments that make up the ruminant stomach.
What is rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum?
Rattus norvegicus
What is the rat?
The New Zealand White Rabbit
What is 31-33 days?
The 8th edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals recommended relative humidity range for animal rooms. What is 30-70%
What is 30-70%?
DEA
What is the Drug Enforcement Agency?
The laboratory animal that has peg teeth.
What is the rabbit?
Oryctolagus cuniculus
What is the rabbit?
The Guinea Pig
What is 60-65 days?
Mice exhibit postpartum estrus. They will normally come into estrus within ______ hours after giving birth.
What is 24?
OLAW
What is the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare?
This laboratory animal has a ventral marking gland.
What is the gerbil?
Cavia porcellus
What is the guinea pig?
The Ferret
What is 42-45 days?
The largest government agency fostering biomedical research with direct financial support is the _____________.
What is National Institutes of Health (NIH?)
NRC
What is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission?
The two laboratory animal species that are known for their cheek pouches. What is hamsters and macaque monkeys?
What is hamsters and macaque monkeys?
Meriones unguiculatus
What is the Mongolian gerbil?
The Mongolian Gerbil
What is 24-26 days?
The scientific study of animal behavior is known as ______.
What is Ethology?