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What is the scientific name of guinea pigs?

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Cavia porcellus

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Is the IAF hairless guinea pig euthymic or athymic?

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Euthymic

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What suborder do guinea pigs belong to?

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Hystricomorpha (porcupine like)

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How many digits do guinea pigs have on their fore and hind feet?

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4 digits on forefeet and 3 digits on hind feet

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How many pairs of mammae do guinea pigs have?

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Single pair (male and female)

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What is the Beuhler assay?

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Skin sensitization by contact with the test substance via patches

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What is the Klingman assay?

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Intradermal innoculation of a test substance with adjuvant and subsequent exposure to the test substance to measure allergic response

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8
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Why are guinea pigs difficult to intubate and dose orally?

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Elongated soft palate covers the back of the throat and small palatal ostium

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9
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How much floor space does a guinea pig <350 g require? >350g?

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<350 g –> 60 in^2
>350 g –> 101 in^2

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What is the minimum height of a guinea pig enclosure?

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7 inches

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11
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Diploid chromosome number of the guinea pig?

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64

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How much food does a guinea pig eat/day?

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6 g/100g BW/day

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How much water does a guinea pig drink/day?

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10 ml/100g BW/day

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14
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What is the predominant WBC in guinea pigs?

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Lymphocyte

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What is the name of the leukocyte unique to guinea pigs?

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Foa-Kurloff cell (estradiol dependent and increase during pregnancy)

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16
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What is the dental formula of guinea pigs?

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2(I 1/1, C 0/0, PM 1/1, M 3/3)

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17
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What teeth are open rooted (hypsodontic) in guinea pigs?

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All of them

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18
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How long is gestation in guinea pigs?

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59-72 days (68 average)

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19
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What kind of uterus does a female guinea pig have?

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Bicornuate with a single cervix

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20
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Why should females be first bred before 6-9 months of age?

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To prevent calcification of the pubic symphysis

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21
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How many days does the guinea pig estrus cycle last?

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16 days

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22
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What hormone causes opening of the pelvic symphysis in pregnant guinea pigs in the last week of gestation. What is the source?

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Relaxin. Produced by the placenta

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23
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What are the clinical signs of Bordetella bronchiseptica infection in guinea pigs?

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Subclinical or respiratory signs, septicemia and high mortality +/- stillbirth, abortion in genital form

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What species should not be housed with guinea pigs due to concern for B. bronchiseptica transmission?

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Rabbits

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Treatment for B. bronchiseptica

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Fluoroquinolones or TMS

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26
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Lancefield group and type of hemolysis of Streptococcus equi ss zooepidemicus

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Lancefield group C and beta-hemolysis

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Clinical presentation of Streptococcus equi ss zooepidemicus and preventative measures

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Abscess formation especially in cervical lymph nodes (lumps), dyspnea, hematuria, abortions, stillbirths

Prevent by feeding non-abrasive feed and providing dental care

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Type of hemolysis produced by Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Alpha hemolysis

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29
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Clinical presentation and pathology of Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Sudden death or depression, anorexia, oculonasal discharge, sneezing/coughing, dyspnea, torticollis, abortion, stillbirth

Fibrinopurulent pleuritis, pericarditis, peritonitis and suppurative pneumonia, otitis media, endometritis and arthritis

30
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Is antibiotic treatment recommended for S. pneumoniae? Why or why not?

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No, may induce a carrier state

31
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Clinical presentation and pathology of Salmonella enterica

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Sudden death or rough coat, weakness, conjunctivitis, abortion, intermittent diarrhea; high mortality

Hepatomegaly, splenomegaly and multi-focal white dipdots on viscera

32
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Is treatment recommended for S. enterica? Why or why not?

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No, because may induce a carrier state

33
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Clinical presentation and pathology of Clostridium piliforme

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Emaciation, dehydration, lethargy, diarrhea, death

Hepatic necrosis, necrotizing ileitis, typhlitis

NO heart pathology

34
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What stain(s) can visualize C. piliforme?

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Giemsa or Warthin-Starry

35
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Causative agent of guinea pig inclusion conjunctivitis

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Chlamydophila caviae

36
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Clinical signs and pathology of Chlamydophila cavia

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Subclinical to severe conjunctivitis, rhinitis and genital tract infections that last 3-4 weeks

Intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies in conjunctival epithelial cells seen with Giemsa or Macchiavello staining

37
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Presentation of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

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  1. Highly fatal acute septicemia
  2. Chronic emaciation, diarrhea and death within 3-4 weeks
  3. Non-fatal lymphadenitis
  4. Subclinical carrier state
38
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Is guinea pig adenovirus DNA/RNA and enveloped or not?

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Enveloped DNA

39
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Clinical presentation and pathology of guinea pig adenovirus

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Sudden death or dyspnea, tachypnea, rales and crepitus with low morbidity and high mortality

Well-demarcated areas of dark red pulmonary consolidation and compensatory emphysema. On histo, sloughing and necrosis of respiratory epithelium with INIBs

40
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Clinical presentation and pathology of cytomegalovirus in guinea pigs

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Subclinical or weight loss, conjunctivitis and lymphadenopathy

Karyomegaly of salivary gland epithelium (submaxillary gland), severe interstitial pneumonia, splenomegaly, meningitis, congenital neuro abnormalities, large INIBs in salivary gland

41
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Transmission of cytomegalovirus and location of latency

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Saliva, transplacental (C-section rederivation will not prevent)

Latent in the salivary glands, thymus (adults) and spleen (fetus)

42
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Clinical presentation and pathology of Eimeria caviae

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Lethargy, anorexia, pasty feces, diarrhea and death in severely infected weanlings

Edema, hyperemia, hemorrhage, white/yellow plaques in proximal colon and cecum; invade crypts of Liebierhuhm in proximal colon

43
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Treatment for Eimeria caviae

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Sulfonamides

44
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How many days after leaving a host are Eimeria caviae oocysts infective?

45
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Clinical presentation and pathology of Cryptosporidium wrairi

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Weight loss (most common), anorexia, pot-belly, rectal prolapse in young animals (<16 weeks)

Hyperemia, edema, villous atrophy, crypt hyperplasia and organisms at brush border of ileum

46
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Guinea pigs require dietary vitamin C, because they lack what enzyme?

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L-gulonolactone oxidase

47
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Clinical signs and pathology of hypovitaminosis C

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Fragile blood vessels, painful bruising, swollen joints

Hemorrhage in subperiosteum, adrenal cortex, skeletal muscle and joints, microfractures

48
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What are the two forms of pregnancy toxemia?

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Pre-eclampsia/circulatory form and fasting ketosis

49
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What UA changes are associated with pre-eclampsia?

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Proteinuria, ketonuria and acidic urine (pH 5-6)

50
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What bacteria is associated with ulcerative pododermatitis?

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Staphylococcus aureus

51
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What antibiotics are commonly implicated in antibiotic-associated typhlocolitis? What bacteria commonly overgrows in this condition?

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Aminopenicillins, cephalosporins, clindamycin, streptomycin, lincomycin, penicillin

C. difficile

52
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What types of teeth are most commonly involved in malocclusions?

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Premolars and molars

53
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What does DART stand for?

A

Developmental and reproductive toxicology

54
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What are guinea pigs often used to study?

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Hearing, toxicology, allergic diseases, asthma, COPD, reproduction and pregnancy-related diseases, osteoarthritis, atherosclerosis

55
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What type of placentation do guinea pigs have?

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Hemomonochorial

56
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What strain/stock and sex of guinea pig develops OA lesions on the medial aspect of their stifles? By what age?

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Male Dunkin-Hartleys
3 months of age

57
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If a researcher is inducing OA in a guinea pig, what methods might they use?

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Partial medial meniscectomy or injections of sodium monoiodoacetate

58
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What are GPs often used to study?

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Anaphylaxis, airway reactivity in asthma, delayed hypersensitivity, gnotobiotics, immunology, infectious and nutritional disease, vitamin C metabolism

59
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What accessory sex glands do male GPs have?

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Seminal vesicles, prostate, coagulating gland, bulbourethral gland, rudimentary preputial glands

60
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What is the causative agent of lumps?

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Streptococcus equi ss zooepidemicus

61
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ELISA for what other virus is cross reactive with guinea pig poliovirus?

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The GDVII strain of theilovirus

62
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What is the best tissue to sample for LCMV ELISA or IFA?

63
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How is deafening most commonly achieved when guinea pigs are used to study hearing loss?

A

Administration of aminoglycosides (SC or direct infusion)

64
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What non-infectious respiratory conditions are guinea pigs used to model?

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Asthma and COPD

65
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How is asthma induced in guinea pigs?

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OVA sensitization (Repeated IP injection with OVA + alum –> challenge with OVA nebulization)

66
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How is COPD induced in guinea pigs?

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Exposure to cigarette smoke followed by adenovirus infection

67
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What kind of placentation do guinea pigs have?

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Hemomonochorial placentation

68
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What guinea pig strain is used as a model of OA and what strain(s) is/are used as controls?

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Dunkin-Hartley males consistently develop degenerative lesions in stifle joint starting at 3 months of age

Strains 2 and 13 are used as controls

69
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What type of herpesvirus infection are guinea pigs used to model?

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Herpes simplex virus 2 (genital herpes)

70
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What guinea pig strain is used to model disseminated cytomegalovirus infection?

71
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What strain of guinea pig is used to study Lassa virus and other hemorrhagic viruses?

72
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Are outbred or inbred strains more susceptible to allergic sensitization?

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