Comp Med Feb 2016 Rndom questions

Question 1

genus species of african clawed frog

Answer 1

Xenopus leaves

Question 2

What hormone is used to induce female xenopus to lay eggs

Answer 2

Chorionic gonadotropin

Question 3

What should be used to aseptically prepare the skin of xenopus

Answer 3

sterile saline flush

Question 4

What does bright blue staining with Masson trichrome indicate

Answer 4

collagen fibers

Question 5

What is the most common parasite to cause skin lesions in Xenopus?

Answer 5

Pseudocapillarioides xenon

Question 6

Genus species of Djungarian Hamster

Answer 6

Phodopus sungorus

Question 7

Where are Ganglion cell-like cells located in the Djungarian hamster?

Answer 7

In the dermis of male hamsters, they have Androgen receptors and are androgen dependent
they are mesenchymal (not glandular) in origin

Question 8

What dog breed has been reported with Glycogen Storage Disease IIIa?

Answer 8

Curly coated retriever dogs

naturally occurring, homozygous frameshift mutation in exon 32 at the c-terminus of glycogen debranching enzyme

Question 9

genus species of Chimpanzee

Answer 9

Pan troglodytes

Question 10

Does myocardial fibrosis and associated cardiac arrhythmia occur more often in male or female chimpanzees?

Answer 10

Male

Question 11

What is the most common arrhythmia in a chimpanzees?

Answer 11

Ventricular premature complexes

Question 12

Which new world monkey species has historically been used as a model of cholelithiasis when fed a high cholesterol diet?

Answer 12

Saimiri sp