ALAT EXAM REVIEW
Which statement about horses is FALSE? – answer Horses tend to be solitary animals
If a facility houses USDA-covered species, the USDA inspector may look at husbandry
and health records during an inspection. – answer TRUE
What procedure helps prevent newborn pigs from becoming hypothermic? - answer
Heat lamp placed over the pen
Average life span of a hamster? - answer1.5 - 2 years
Time between fertilization and birth called? - answer Gestation
Which drug is not a controlled substance? - answer Meloxicam
Mandate or document must be studied in addition to the ALAT training manual? -
answerGCULA -The Guide for the care and use of laboratory animals
NOT to be used on an aggressive or fractious dog? - answerSqueeze cage
Which vitamin is fat soluble? - answerVitamin A
Female rats have postpartum estrus within - answer48 hours of paturition
What is the microbiological status of animals that carry unknown, and controlled variety
and number of organisms? - answerConventional
Duties would NOT BE performed routinely by an ALAT? - answerSurgical Procedures
Dangerous consequence of restricting the movement of a birds keel bone she
restraining it? - answerSuffocate
Gerbil husbandry is false? - answerDon't build nests
Example of basic research? - answerStudying the normal brain function of rats
Having no hair, what's another characteristic of nude mice? - answerDeficiency in their
immune system
Recommended method to pick up a lizard? - answerPin the front leg against the body
and the back of the legs against the tail
Which statement about horses is FALSE? – answer Horses tend to be solitary animals
If a facility houses USDA-covered species, the USDA inspector may look at husbandry
and health records during an inspection. – answer TRUE
What procedure helps prevent newborn pigs from becoming hypothermic? - answer
Heat lamp placed over the pen
Average life span of a hamster? - answer1.5 - 2 years
Time between fertilization and birth called? - answer Gestation
Which drug is not a controlled substance? - answer Meloxicam
Mandate or document must be studied in addition to the ALAT training manual? -
answerGCULA -The Guide for the care and use of laboratory animals
NOT to be used on an aggressive or fractious dog? - answerSqueeze cage
Which vitamin is fat soluble? - answerVitamin A
Female rats have postpartum estrus within - answer48 hours of paturition
What is the microbiological status of animals that carry unknown, and controlled variety
and number of organisms? - answerConventional
Duties would NOT BE performed routinely by an ALAT? - answerSurgical Procedures
Dangerous consequence of restricting the movement of a birds keel bone she
restraining it? - answerSuffocate
Gerbil husbandry is false? - answerDon't build nests
Example of basic research? - answerStudying the normal brain function of rats
Having no hair, what's another characteristic of nude mice? - answerDeficiency in their
immune system
Recommended method to pick up a lizard? - answerPin the front leg against the body
and the back of the legs against the tail
