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21. Exotic Rodent Models Flashcards

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Naked mole-rat

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Heterocephalus glaber

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2
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Naked mole-rat family

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Bathyergidae

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3
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Which female naked mole rats mate?

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Only the dominant female mates

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4
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Considerations when treating NMRs

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Take a long time to recover from anesthesia, and reintroduction to colony may provoke a xenophobic response

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5
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NMR research use

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Eusocial behavior

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6
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Dormice

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Graphiurus sp

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7
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Which dormouse sp is used most often for monkeypox research?

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Graphiurus kelleni

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8
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Family of Dormice

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Gliridae

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Kangaroo rat

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Dipodomys merriami

Dipodomys spectabilis

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10
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Research use of kangaroo rats

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Renal physiology and water conservation

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Family of cotton rat

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Cricetidae

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2 research uses of cotton rats

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Paramyxovirus infections (measles, parainfluenza, RSV)
Adnoviral infections and vector usage
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13
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Pocket gopher

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Geomys

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14
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What does the “pocket” in “pocket gopher refer to?

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External, fur-lined cheek pouches

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15
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Estrus cycle length of pocket gophers

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7-9 days

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16
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Research uses of pocket gophers

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hearing and sound localization research

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17
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White-tailed rat, white-tailed mouse, South African hamster

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Mystromys albicaudatus

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18
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Hallmark of female mystromys

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Rudimentary prostate

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19
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Research uses of mystromys

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DM
Poliomyelitis
Dental caries
Mycobacterium
Histoplasma
Radiation
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20
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Fat-tailed jird

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Pachyuromys duprasi

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21
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Fat-tailed jird family, subfamily

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Family: Muridae, Subfamily: Gerbilinae

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22
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Jird mite

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Pyroglyphis morganii

23
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Jird research use

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Cutaneous leishmania
Thermoregulation
Circadian rhythm
Auditory

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Fat sand rat

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Psammomys obesus

25
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Which endocrine dz often occurs in Psammomys naturally?

26
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Common parasites in Psammomys

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Hyalomma excavatum, Hymenolepis diminuta, Rodentolepis nana

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Misc diseases of Psammomys

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High incidence of degenerative bone dz

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6 research uses of Psammomys

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DM
Atherosclerosis
Orthopedics
Obesity
Renal physiology
Water and electrolyte metabolism
29
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Multimammate rat

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Mastomys natalensis

30
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Family of Mastomys

31
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How many mammary glands in Mastomys?

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10-12 pairs

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Research uses of Mastomys

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Infectious disease (Yersinia, leptospirosis, lassa virus)
Gastric neoplasia (gastric carcinoid)
33
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Egyptian spiny mouse

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Acomys cahirinus

34
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Egyptian spiny mouse family

35
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Research uses of Acomys

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  1. DM
  2. Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology
  3. Renal physiology
  4. Obesity
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Voles

37
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Research uses of voles

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  1. Homones and behavior
  2. Nutrition
  3. Environmental quality
  4. Repro behavior
  5. Vomeronasal organ physiology
  6. Seizures
38
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Collared lemming

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Dicrostonyx goenlandicus

39
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Family and subfamily of collared lemming

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Family Cricetidae, Subfamily Arvicolinae

40
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6 diseases of collared lemmings

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  1. Chronic interstitial nephritis
  2. Mammary adenocarcinoma
  3. Interstitial pneumonia
  4. Otitis
  5. Sendai virus
  6. Zoonoses
41
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Research uses of lemmings

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Animal model of XY females
Atherosclerosis
Brucellosis
Population dynamics/photoperiod

42
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Wood rat/pack rat

43
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Family of Neotoma

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Cricetidae

44
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Research uses of Neotoma

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Behavioral and neuro studies
Zoonoses
Antihemorrhagic factor in serum for rattlesnake venom

45
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Grasshopper mouse

46
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Research uses of grasshopper mice

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Behavior studies on predatory behavior, sex differences, activity
Transmission of B. bergdorferi
Photoperiod
Repro

47
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Rice rat

48
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Which louse has been seen in rice rats?

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Polyplax spinulosa

49
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Research uses of rice rats

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Periodontal dz
Photoperiod, repro development
Metal-pollutant uptake

50
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Cane mouse

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Zygodontomys brevicauda

51
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Resarch use of cane mice

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Circannual repro cycle
Arbovirus studies
Evolutionary quantitative genetics

52
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Eusocial

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Organized colony system, live for the good of the colony

53
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Vesper mouse

54
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Gambian pouched rat

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Cricetomys gambianus

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