Laboratory Animal Medicine

Question 1

Why isn’t preoperative fasting not really required in small animals?

Answer 1

By their high metabolism

Question 2

What are the inhalant anesthetic agents used in small mammals?

Answer 2

• Isoflurane

- Sevoflurane

Question 3

What are the Rs of Humane Animal Experimentation?

Answer 3

• Replacement => methods that avoid animal use or substitute with nonanimal techniques or replace with animals not protected or with nonvertebrate
• Reduction => any strategy that will reduce the number of animals being used
• Refinement => experimental procedures to reduce pain, distress, and reduce impact on the animal normal life

Question 4

What does LAA stand for?

Answer 4

Laboratory Animal Allergy (is the most common health condition that affects people; is a hypersensitivity to certain substances)

Question 5

How many mL can you draw from a rat and from where?

Answer 5

0.5mL from the tail vein, saphenous vein

Question 6

In a mouse, where can you draw large blood collection?

Answer 6

Submandibular

Question 7

What can Sendai Virus cause in mice?

Answer 7

Pneumonia

Question 8

What is wet tail? What is the agent that causes it and clinical signs?

Answer 8

Proliferative Ileitis or Transmissible Ileal Hyperplasia is caused by a gram negative rod agent known as Lawsonia Intracellularis. Some clinical signs are anorexia, severe depression, irritability, watery diarrhea, weight loss, lethargy, and sudden death

Question 9

What is the breeding age for rabbits?

Answer 9

6-9 months

Question 10

What happens when the temperatures are decreased in a hamsters home?

Answer 10

They go into Pseudohibernation