Lab Final

Question 1

What does IACUC stand for?

Answer 1

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

Question 2

What are the functions of IACUC and why is it important?

Answer 2

-reviewing and approving proposals for animal use
-inspecting animal facilities
-ensuring the humane and ethical treatment of animals
-reviewing concerns about the use of animals
-making changes to procedures or facilities to address deficiencies

Question 3

What does AWA stand for and what animals does it apply to?

Answer 3

-Animal Welfare Act
-dogs, cats, primates, rabbits, hamsters, and guinea pigs

Question 4

What are the 3 R’s of research?

Answer 4

Reduce, Replace, Refine

Question 5

What are zoonoses?

Answer 5

a disease whose pathogenic agents can be transmitted from animals to humans

Question 6

What are the different routes of infection?

Answer 6

bacterial, viral, parasitic, direct contact

Question 7

Gestation length of swine

Answer 7

Rule of 3
3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days or 114 days

Question 8

Gestation length of horses

Answer 8

11 months or 340 days

Question 9

Gestation length of cows

Answer 9

283 days or 9 months

Question 10

Gestation length of sheep

Answer 10

152 days

Question 11

What is BQA and what does it stand for?

Answer 11

Beef Quality Assurance
Provide systematic information to US beef producers of how good husbandry techniques can be coupled with accepted scientific knowledge

Question 12

Who was the animal behaviorist who designed the curved squeeze chute concept?

Answer 12

Dr. Temple Grandin

Question 13

How do you know when an egg is B or A?

Answer 13

B egg will have a weaker, watery white, a flatter yolk, and may have minor blemishes on shell
A egg has a firm white, a well-defined yolk that stands up tall, and a clean, crack-free shell

Question 14

Who is responsible for animal care?

Answer 14

faculty and staff, students, and farm managers

Question 15

What occurs in piglet processing?

Answer 15

ear notches, needle teeth clipped, tails docked, iron shot

Question 16

What is the market weight for MSU pigs

Answer 16

155 lbs

Question 17

What breed was the MSU horse Farm known for before the current main breed?

Answer 17

Belgians

Question 18

Who donated the first horse to the MSU Horse Farm and what breed was it?

Answer 18

W.K. Kellogg
Arabian

Question 19

Resting respiration rate in an adult horse

Answer 19

8-16 breaths

Question 20

Where do you look to measure a horse’s respiration rate?

Answer 20

Flank

Question 21

A normal temperature for a horse

Answer 21

100.6 F

Question 22

What is the term given to cattle who are bred and raised for the sole purpose of going into the production cycle?

Answer 22

Commercial

Question 23

True or False: About 65% of cows and heifers at MSU Beef TRC will get pregnant from AI. After that, the other 35% are bred using clean-up bulls

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Yellow type of feed fed to Beef cows and the byproduct it is

Answer 24

Distillers Grains; ethanol

Question 25

Tool that may be used to administer pills to cattle

Answer 25

Balling gun

Question 26

Tool not usually needed on a beef farm, but when it is, it is used to remove abscesses in hooves.

Answer 26

Hoof knife

Question 27

Where is the point of balance in cattle?

Answer 27

At their shoulder

Question 28

The cattle chute was...

Answer 28

curved to improve cattle flow had grooved floors to prevent slipping

Question 29

What ingredients are in a diary cow diet?

Answer 29

Cottonseed, haylage, soybean meal, corn silage

Question 30

The MSU Sheep Farm uses and accelerated lambing program. What does this mean?

Answer 30

Ewes have 3 lambs in 2 years

Question 31

What sheep breed is found at the MSU Sheep Farm?

Answer 31

Polypay

Question 32

Why is a certain diet (called a flushing diet) given to ewes that need to be bred at MSU Sheep TRC?

Answer 32

it is given to ewes that are about to be bred because the increase in energy helps their bodies think they can breed