Animal Welfare Regulations
The Animal Welfare Act and Regulations are administered by what government agency?
What is the US Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA)?
Gloves, safety glasses and face masks are all part of what category of safety protection.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
Name the 3R's Principle of Russel and Birch.
What is Reduction, Replacement and Refinement?
A rectangular open box used to house smaller species, such as rodents, is called a ___________ cage?
What is a shoebox, microisolator, static shoebox, etc.?
What species of animal needs taurine in their diet?
What is a cat?
What committee oversees the institutions animal research programs to ensure compliance with laws and regulations?
Who is the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)?
Why should animal care personnel wear uniforms (like scrubs) at work instead of regular street clothes?
What is to protect themselves and the environment from exposure to microorganisms, allergens and toxic substances?
What is the term described in the 3R's Principles for designing an experiment so that stress or pain to an animal is minimized?
What is Refinement?
What can happen if a drinking valve or sipper tube becomes clogged?
What is the animal cannot drink and may become dehydrated?
Rats were among the first animals to be studied by researchers investigating how learning takes place in the brain and how memories are formed. These studies helped researchers understand and develop new drugs to prevent or delay the onset of what disease?
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
True or False: Mice of the genus Mus that are bred for research are not covered by the Animal Welfare Act.
What is True?
Ear protection should be worn in areas such as cage wash where the noise level measures at or above _______dB?
What is 85 dB?
What is the common term for the policy that most institutions have to protect an individual reporting an instance of animal abuse or neglect?
What is the Whistle Blower Policy?
What equipment uses high-temperature steam under pressure to kill microorganisms?
What is a autoclave or sterilizer?
This animal was used to create the rabies vaccine for our pets, as well as treatment for humans. What is the species used to create the vaccine?
What are Mice?
What is the name of the Scientist who plans and coordinates the research study?
Who is the Principal Investigator (PI)?
What is the first priority in the even of a disaster or accident?
What is to protect human life, including your own?
Name the person to whom the IACUC is responsible?
What is the Institutional Official (IO)? Who is the IO for IU? Who is Russell Mumper?
Name the 3 types of automatic cage washers.
What is Cabinet, Rack or Tunnel?
Asthma affects over 23 million people in this country-7 million of whom are children. This animal played a crucial role in the development of inhaled asthma medication.
What are Guinea pigs?
Name the 3 levels of certification for technicians in AALAS. Daily Double
What are the Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT), the Laboratory Animal Technician (LAT) and the Laboratory Animal Technologist (LATG).
If someone you don't know approaches you and asks you to be let into the facility, what should you do?
What is contact a supervisor if you are not authorized to admit visitors?
Upon request, USDA records are available to the public under what Federal Act?
What is the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)?
Quarantine or isolation rooms should operate on positive or negative air pressure?
What is a negative?
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This species is used to study all aspects of canine distemper, a serious and fatal disease of dogs and many forms of wildlife.
What are ferrets?