Lab and Exotic Animal Nursing (Rats and Mice) Questions With Correct Solutions

Lab and Exotic Animal Nursing (Rats and Mice) Questions With Correct Solutions What does AAALAC stand for? - ANS American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care What is the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC)? - ANS Non-profit organization that promotes humane treatment of animals in science; facilities and companies go through the assessment programs voluntarily and become accredited, demonstrating their commitment to responsible animal care and use What does IACUC stand for? - ANS Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee What is the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)? - ANS Reviews animal research protocols to ensure the methods of care and use are appropriate and in compliance with federal and institutional guidelines What does AALAS stand for? - ANS American Association for Laboratory Animal Science What is the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)? - ANS Certifies laboratory technicians and includes both researchers and technicians in its membership What is LAA? - ANS Laboratory Animal Allergy; the most common health condition that affects people working in a research animal facility; hypersensitivity to substances such as the proteins found in dander, urine, serum, and saliva What percent of people working in a research animal field will develop allergy symptoms? - ANS 10-30% What are the symptoms of LAA? - ANS Rhinitis, conjunctivitis, hives, asthma, and anaphylaxis Scientific name of the mouse? - ANS Mus musculus What are outbred strains? - ANS The result of random mating to achieve genetic variations (express heterozygosity and represent the diversity of the human population) What are inbred strains? - ANS The result of incestuous mating for a minimum of 20 consecutive generations; genetically homozygous and useful in transplantation research What are congenic strains? - ANS Animals that differ at one particular locus (location of gene on a chromosome)