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39 Cards in this Set
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mice are the most common animal used in _____
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research |
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mice tend to be _______
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biting, aggression, territorial, and there urine has strong urine |
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mice are called |
mus musculus |
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most common type used in research is the |
albino, or house mouse |
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recommended enviro temp is |
18 |
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RH
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40-70% |
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cannot regulate tempbecause have no |
sweat glands |
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heat loss is achieved by |
lowering metabolic rate and increasing blood flow to ears and tail |
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average life span is
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2 years |
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rats are __________ polyestrous
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continually |
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baby mice are called |
pups |
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HR |
350-700 |
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RR |
90-220 |
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temperature |
36.5-38 |
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enamel is yellow or orange because of
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iron pigment |
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mice are mostly |
nocturnal and crepuscular ( most active before twilight) |
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have sweat glands in the ____ of there feet |
soles. used to mark territory along with urine |
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also have ______ glands
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harderian |
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need ____% fat, and minium ____% of crude protein |
4-5, 16 |
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avoid _____ based diets because they cause obesity |
seed |
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avoid ____ shavings and _____ bedding, and ____ shavings |
cedar, corncob, sawdust/pine. toxic, mouldy, and eye irritants |
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breeding methods can be ______, _____, or ____
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monoganamous, triads(2females, to 1 male), or harem (2-5 females to 1 male) |
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after 12-36 hours after mating have
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waxy copulatory plug in vagina |
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have_____ nipples
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10 |
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lactating mouse can also be called a ________ mass of milk. mammary tissue can extend up back of mouse |
walking |
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ears open at ___ days, and eyes open at ___ |
3, 10-14 |
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postpartum estrus occurs ____ hours after parturition |
24 |
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photoperiod for breeding |
14 hours light: 10 hours dark |
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can pick up by |
tail or scruff |
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entirely dependant on moms milk for first ____ weeks |
2 |
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can collect _____ ml of blood safely every 2-3 weeks |
.2-.3ml |
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sites for blood collection not requiring anesthesia |
saphenous, dorsal pedal |
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blood collection sites requiring anesthesia |
tail, orbital, or jugular |
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____is because of stress, territorial, or dominant |
barbering, usually around whiskers and hair around muzzles and eyes
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two most common tumors |
mammary, and lung |
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respiratory disease |
sendai virus causes acute pneumonia |
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number one cause of viral respiratory disease in mice |
sendai |
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clinical signs of sendai |
anorexia, chattering, dyspnea |
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____ virus is caused by |
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