PIL A

Question 1

Cure protein levels for rodent diets range from

Answer 1

14-24%

Question 2

Guinea Pigs cannot fed solely on a pelleted diet formulated for rats/mice because rodent diet contains insufficient

Answer 2

Vitamin C

Question 3

An animal whose genotype has been altered by adding a foreign gene is called

Answer 3

Transgenic

Question 4

Dental formula of mice and rats

Answer 4

1/1 0/0 0/0 3/3

Question 5

Scurvy occurs when there is a …. deficiency in Guinea pigs diet

Answer 5

Vitamin C

Question 6

Ovulation in female rats / mice is

Answer 6

spontaneous

Question 7

Which of the following is an INBRED strain of rats?

Answer 7

Fisher 3444

Question 8

Inbred strains characteristics

Answer 8

genetic and phenotypic uniformity

Question 9

Young rats and mice are generally weaned at

Answer 9

21-28 days

Question 10

What can happen to a rodent with malocclusion?

Answer 10

It is unbale to eat as its teeth become overgrowns

Question 11

Which of the following characteristics apply to an inbred strain?

Answer 11

Genetic and phenotypic uniformity, homozygosity, long-term stability

Question 12

The recommended minimum stocking density requirements for experimental animals can be found in

Answer 12

Code of Practices for the housing and Care of Animals used in Scientific procedures

Question 13

The gestation period of a hamster

Answer 13

15-16 days

Question 14

The gestation period of a guinea pig

Answer 14

60-65 days

Question 15

Stress is defined as

Answer 15

the biological responses an animal exhibits in an attempt to cope with a threat to its homeostatis

Question 16

Pain is defined as

Answer 16

An aversive sensory experience representing awareness by the animal of damage or threat to the integrity of its tissues. It changes the animals’ physiology and behaviour to reduce the likelihood of recurrence and to promote recovery

Question 17

Distress occurs

Answer 17

when the stress is of such magnitude or duration that significant changes in biological function must occur for the animal to survive

Question 18

Parenteral routes of drug administration

Answer 18

Intravenous, topical, subcutaenous

Question 19

Recommended blood sampling rate with recovery for rats

Answer 19

Tail vein

Question 20

Administration route with bioavailability of 100%

Answer 20

intraveneous

Question 21

Which of the following identification routes is not recommended as it is invasive and painful and only temporary

Answer 21

subcutaneous injection with ink