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Rats Flashcards

1
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How many chromosomes does a rat have?

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2n = 42

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2
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Thermoneutral zone of rats?

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26-34 C

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3
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How much water does a rat drink per day?

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10 mL/100 g of BW/day

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4
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How much food does a rat eat per day?

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5 g/100 g BW/day

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5
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What volume of urine does a rat void per day?

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3.3 ml/100 g BW/day

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6
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How many pairs of nipples does a rat have?

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6

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7
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Where is the zymbal gland located?

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Base of the ear

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8
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What is the vertebral formula of a rat?

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7C 13T 6L 4S 27-40C

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9
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What is the dental formula of a rat?

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2(I1/1, C0/0, PM0/0, M3/3)

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10
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Why can’t rats vomit?

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Because of the presence of the limiting ridge (margo plicatus) separating the non-glandular and glandular portions of the stomach

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11
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How many liver lobes does a rat have? Names?

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4 lobes –> Left, right, median and caudate

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12
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What is the Seno’s gland and where is it located?

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Lateral nasal canal

Humidifies are and secretes a watery product at the rostral end of the nasal turbinates for the mucous layer

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13
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How many lung lobes does a rat have?

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5

1 on the left
4 on the right (Cranial, middle, accessory, caudal)

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14
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When do rats reach sexual maturity?

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~2-3 months (Females earlier than males)

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15
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Duration of parturition in a rat?

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21-23 days

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16
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When do the eyes and ears open in rats?

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Eyes = 14-17 days
Ears = 2.5-3.5 days (hear at 9 days)

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17
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ZDF rat

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Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rat

Used to study type II diabetes (Develop diabetes b/t 7-12 weeks)

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18
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BB rat

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BioBreeding rat, Wistar derived

Spontaneous autoimmune, insulin dependent diabetes

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19
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Otsuka Long Evans Tokushima Fatty Rat

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Spontaneous model of type II diabetes

Late onset hyperglycemia + renal dysfunction by 30 weeks

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20
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Goto-Kakizaki rat

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Type II non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

Non-obese

Wistar derived

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21
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Cohen Diabetic rat

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Non-obese, diet-induced type II diabetes

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22
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SHR

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Spontaneously hypertensive rat

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23
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New Zealand Strain of Genetically Hypertensive Rats (GH)

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Inbred strain with hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy and vascular disease

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24
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Milan hypertensive strain and normotensive strain

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Developed from Wistar stock, selecting for high or low blood pressure

Age related glomerulosclerosis in MNS

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25
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Dahl salt sensitive (DS) and salt resistant (DR)

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Propensity to develop hypertension when fed 8% NaCl diet

Inbred and non-inbred lines

Transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 expression and function impaired in sensitive

26
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Lyon Hypertensive (LH), normotensive (LN) and Low Blood Pressure (LL) Strains)

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Inbred strains of SD origin

LH - Increaesed BW, increased plasma lipid concentrations and markedly reduced lifespan

27
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Fawn Hooded

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Outbred

Hypertension, platelet function abnormality

28
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Fawn Hooded Hypertension

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Derived from outbred Fawn Hooded

Progressive proteinuria (albumin) and glomerulosclerosis at a young age

29
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Brattleboro (DI, di/di)

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Spontaneous mutation in Long-Evans hooded from Brattleboro

Central diabetes insipidus

30
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Gunn rat

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Spontaneous mutation in Wistar stock

Hereditary unconjugated bilirubinemia (Crigler-Najjar Syndrome)

Autosomal recessive

Lack UDP-glucuronyl-transferase in liver that conjugates bilirubin with glucuronic acid

31
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Long Evans Cinnamon

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Spontaneous cholangiofibrosis (Wilson’s disease)

Ceruloplastin deficiency, hepatic copper accumulation and hepatocellular injury caused by deletion of the rat homolog of human ATP7B (same as Mo mice)

32
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WAG/Rii

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Inbred, albino

Model of childhood absence epilepsy

33
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What gross and histo pathology would you expect in a rat infected with Corynebacterium kutscheri?

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Gross - Abscesses in lung, liver, kidney, skin and joints

Histo - Septic emboli in organs, irregularly branching arrays of gram positive rods

34
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What is the best tissue to sample for culture of Corynebacterium kutscheri?

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Cervical/submandibular lymph node

35
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Gross pathology associated with Tyzzer’s disease in rats?

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Foci of necrosis on liver, megaloileitis, myocardial necrosis, mesenteric lymphadenopathy

36
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Stains used to detect Clostridium piliforme?

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Warthin-Starry (best), Giemsa, methylene blue

37
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You perform a necropsy on a rat who has had diarrhea and find ulcers in the cecum. What is the likely etiologic agent?

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Salmonellosis

38
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A rat with an indwelling catheter develops valvular endocarditis and hemorrhagic pneumonia? Etiologic agent?

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

39
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Causative agent of rat bite fever/Haverhill fever?

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Streptobacillus moniliformis

40
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Symptoms of Streptobacillus moniliformis in people?

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Fever, vomiting, arthralgia, rash

41
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Signs of Helicobacter pylori infection in nude rats?

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Proliferative and ulcerative typhlitis, colitis and proctitis

42
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Hemobartonellosis

A

Mycoplasma haemomuris (Haemobartonella muris)

Obligate parasite of erythrocytes

Transmitted by the spiny rat louse (Polyplax spinulosa)

43
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Syphacia muris

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Most common pinworm of rats

Eggs more ellipsoid

Dx - Tape test, PCR

44
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Syphacia obvelata

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Mouse pinworm

Eggs flat on one side

Dx - Tape test, PCR (Syphacia = Surface)

45
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Aspiculuris tetraptera

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Pinworm

Eggs laid in cecum and pass in feces, bilaterally symmetrical

Dx - Fecal float, direct exam of cecum and colon

46
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Trichosomoides crassicauda

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Bladder threadworm

Embryonated eggs passed in urine –> Ingesion –> Hatch in stomach and penetrate stomach wall to peritoneal cavity or bloodstream

Dx - Filter urine and examine filter medium

Tx - Ivermectin

47
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Rodentoleptis nana

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Dwarf tapeworm

Direct or indirect (grain beetle/fleas) life cycle

Eggs have hooklets and polar filaments

48
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Hymenolepis diminuta

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Rat tapeworm

Always indirect life cycle (grain beetle/flea/cockroach)

Eggs have hooklets, no polar filaments

49
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Radfordia ensifera

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Rat fur mite - Most common ectoparasite of rats

Pelage-inhabiting

Eggs persist in environment and hatch in 7-8 days

Tarsal claws on 2nd pair of legs are paired and equal

Dx - PCR of skin swab or cage swab (most reliable), hair pluck, tape test, postmortem put on black background and look for mites

Tx - Ivermectin, selemectin, moxidectin

50
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Polyplax spinulosa

A

Spined rat louse, blood-sucking/anoplura

Vector of Mycoplasma haemomuris

Dx - Examine fur, screen blood smears for H. muris if lice detected

Tx - Ivermectin

51
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Hallmark gross path and histo of Pneumocystis carinii?

A

Lungs fail to collapse

Perivascular cuffing, fungal cysts in alveoli with methenamine silver stain

52
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Autoclaving diets reduces concentrations of what nutrients?

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Lysine, Vit A, Vit E, riboflavin, thiamin

53
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Recommended light levels for albino rats? Consequence if light too high?

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325-400 lux, 1 m above the floor

Retinal degeneration

54
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Hearing range of rats?

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0.25-76 kHz

55
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What strain of rat commonly develops testicular tumors? What types of tumors are they?

A

F344

Interstitial cell/leydig cell tumors

56
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Pituitary tumors in the rat often produce what hormone?

A

Prolactin

57
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What strain of rats commonly develops large granular lymphocytic leukemia? Organ of origin?

A

F344

Arises in spleen

58
Q

Most common type of mammary tumor in rats?

A

Fibroadenoma

59
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Rats prone to hydronephrosis?

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Brown Norway, Gunn, SD, Zucker

60
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Are males or females more prone to chronic progressive nephropathy?

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Males

61
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