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Barbering

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dominant animals bite or chew fur of subordinate animals

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Cheek pouch

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space in oral cavity of hamsters that carries food and bedding

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Ectotherm

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animals whose internal temperature varies with environmental
temperature – cold-blooded

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Endotherm

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animal that generates its own heat to maintain a constant internal body temperature – warm-blooded

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In vitro

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outside living organisms, in test tubes or other lab glassware

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In vivo

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Inside living organisms

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Pinky

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mouse or rate hairless neonate

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Pithing

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destroying the brain and spinal cord by thrusting a blunt needle into the cranium or vertebral column

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Rosette

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Swirl hair growth pattern in guinea pigs

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Scruff

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thick skin of the neck by which an animal can be grasped or lifted

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Rodents are

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are gnawing animals that have continuously growing upper and lower incisors.

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Rodents include

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hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats, guinea pigs, and chinchillas

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Guinea pigs are also called

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Cavies

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Hamsters are

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used as pets and laboratory animals
 have cheek pouches to store their food

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Ferrets are

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are mammals in the same family as weasels and mink
 can develop hyperestrogenism

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Reptiles are what type of vertebrates

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Ectotherm

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Four types of reptiles

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Turtles/tortoises, snakes, iguanas/lizards, crocodiles/alligators

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Amphibians are

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larval stage lives in water
 adult lives partially or completely on land
 Do not have scales
newts and salamanders
frogs and toads

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Altricial

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young born of hatched very immature or helpless

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analogous structures

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refers to structures that differ anatomically but have similar functions

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antivivisectionist

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person who opposes surgery on live animals for research or education purposes

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arboreal

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tree living

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23
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autotomy

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voluntary release

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barbering

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dominant animals bite or chew the fur of subordinate animals

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Bolt hold
an entrance or exit in a rabbits warren
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Bruce effect
abortion of embryos in recently bred mice so they can re breed with the new male
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Calvarium
top of he skull
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Chromodachryorrhea
shedding of coloured tear due to porphyrin release form the harderian gland
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Crepuscular
becoming active at twilight or before sunrise
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Estivate
to reduce body temp, heart and resp rate, and metabolism to dormancy in summer
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Exsanguinations
removal of blood or blood loss from the body
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Formite
inanimate carrier of diesease
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Fur slip
shedding of hair patches caused by rough handling in chinchillas
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Gnotobiotic
said of germ free animals that have been introduced to one or more known nonpathogenic organisms
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Helitherm
animals that actively seek out sunlight for heat
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Herpetology
study of reptiles or amphibians
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Homeotherm
Animals that maintain more or less the same constant body temp
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Homologous structure
having a common origin but different functions in diff species
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Hoppers
mice and rats that are fully mobile and have full coats but are smaller then an adult
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Hybrid
Strain form mixing two or more inbred animals
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inbred
resulting form 20 or more sibling or parent-offspring matings
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Latent infection
condition that may not be clinically noticed but under stress or poor health will develop into a recognizable condition
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Metanephric
embryonic like kidney
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Murine
of mice or rats
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Parthenogenesis
development of an egg without fetilization
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Phylogeny
developmental history of a species
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Poikilotherm
Animals who let their body temp vary to an appreciable extent on a regular basis
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Precocial
young born or hatched relatively mature and mobile
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Reduction
theory of using the minimal number of animals to project what yields valid results
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Ringtail
abnormal condition in which annular lesions form on the tail of rats housed in low humidity environments
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Sexual dimorphism
Physical or behavioural differences b/w female and males of a given species
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Shoebox
caging that has a solid bottom flooring
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Urethral core
Organ found in front of the anus of male and female chinchillas
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Urostyle
Long caudal vertebra of some amphibians
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Vector
Organisms or vehicles that carries infectious agent from 1 animal to another
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Vestigial
said of a structure that has lost a function it previously had
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Warren
a place where rabbits breed or abound
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Whitten effect
Introduction of a male into a group of females synchronies their estrous cycle
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Snuffles
Common term for upper resp disease of rabbits
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Sore hocks
Ulceration of the foot pads and foot area caused by the animals body weight pressing down on the foot and the thick covering of fur on rabbit feet
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Torticollis
Contracted state of the cervical muscles brought by tension of the neck
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Urolithiasis
Disorder characterized by the presence of urinary bladder stones
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Carapace
Dorsal region of a turtle shell
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Dysecdysis
Difficult or abnormal shedding
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Ecdysis
shedding or molting
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Hemipenes
paired, vascular sacs that open into the caudal cloaca in male snakes and lizards
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Plastron
ventral region of a turtle shell
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Scute
Any scale like structure
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Spectacle
Transparent, highly vascular scale that permanently covers the cornea of some reptiles
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ACBA
American cavy breeders association
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ACLAM
American college of laboratory animal medicine
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AFA
American ferret association
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ARBA
American rabbit breeders association
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AZVT
American zoo veterinary tech
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LAT
Laboratory animal technology
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LATG
Laboratory animal technologist
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3 R's
reduction, refinement, replacement

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