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What are nerve cells called ?
Neurons
The brain and spinal cord make up the _________ nervous system .
Central
The autonomic nervous system controls body functions like heartbeat, breathing & digestion . What type of body functions are these ?
Involuntary
This gland is also referred to as the “master gland”
Pituitary
What two references are used when planning the size of animal caging .?
ILAR Guide for the Care & use of Laboratory Animals and the Animal Welfare Regulations
Besides insulin, what hormone is produced by the pancreas to help regulate blood glucose ?
Glucagon
Nephrons are the basic functional unit of which organ ?
Kidney
This term is used to describe the process of giving birth .
Parturition
The CDC created how many bio safety levels ?
4
The Animal Welfare Act mandates environmental enrichment for which two lab animal species ?
Nonhuman primates & dogs
What system of the body is affected my Mycoplamosis ?
Respiratory system
What term describes animals housed without special precautions to prevent disease transmission ?
Conventional
What term refers to animals with a known microbial flora ?
Gnotobiotic
What bacterium usually causes no clinical signs in rabbits , but can cause severe disease in guinea pigs ?
Bordetella bronchiseptica
What virus causes only mouth blisters in squirrel monkeys but is fatal in owl monkeys
Herpes tamarinus
Are animals in quarantine handled first or last in the day ?
Last
True or False : the conditioning period always follows the quarantine period for newly arrived animals .
False, it frequently coincides but may also occur after
Transmission of a disease from parent to offspring in utero is called ?
Vertical transmission
Transmission of disease agents between cage mates is called ?
Horizontal transmission
A ______ disease is a condition with which the animal is born .
Congenital
