lecture quiz 2 Flashcards
strains of mice commonly used in research and characteristics
white swiss - albino
C57 - very aggressive, black and brown
hairless - with eyelashes
nude - no t-cells, no whiskers
SCID - no t- or b-cells
strains of rats commonly used in research and characteristics
sprague-dawley - white albino, outbred
Lewis - white albino, inbred
long-evens (hooded) - black and white, aggressive
ringtail
from improper humidity; annular constrictions on the tail leading to necrosis and sloughing
barbering
chew hair of head of cage mates
chromodacryorrhea
- red tears
- symptom not disease
- harderian gland secretes pigments
- causes: stress, respiratory diseases, or SDAV
mammary tumors
common; bengin
lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
- mice
- cause: virus
- zoonotic
- symptoms: acute death, hunched, rough coat, emaciated
salmonellosis
- mouse typhoid
- cause: bacteria
- symptoms: diarrhea
- treatment: eliminate infected animals
tyzzer’s disease
- cause: fecal-oral transmission of spores
- symptoms: rough coat, watery yellow diarrhea, death, liver lesions
- treatment: antibiotics to treat but doesn’t usually work - euthanize
respiratory diseases
- cause: mycoplasma. sendai virus, PVM
- symptoms: weight loss, chattering, head-tilt, unthrifty appearance
- treatment: antibiotics, let disease run its course, or depopulate
dermatomycosis
- ringworm
- causes: microsporum and trichophyton
sialodacryoadenitis
- cause: virus through direct contact
- symptoms: eye squinting, swelling on neck and jaw, protrusion of eye, keratitis, red tears, salivary and lacrimal glad inflammation
- treatment: ointment for keratitis but no treatment
what antibiotics can be used on rodents and why they are used
many disrupt normal GI function- don’t use narrow spectrum antibiotics
how to tell if a mouse has been bred
vaginal plug
polyestrous vs seasonally polyestrous
multiple cycles a year; multiple cycles per breeding season