LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE (LAS) FINAL EXAM
VERSION 2 NEWEST 2025/2026 NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
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What are animal allergens? - ANSWER-hypersensitivity to animal
proteins in dander, urine, serum, and saliva
Chemical Exposure - ANSWER-- cleaners/disinfections
- chemical reagents
- anesthetics
- medications/feed additives
- SDS
Salmonellosis (Bacterial) - ANSWER-mice
rats
guinea pigs
chinchillas
frogs
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NHP
Camplyobacteriosis (Bacterial) - ANSWER-hamsters
NHP
Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (Viral) - ANSWER-hamsters
rodents
Ringworm (Fungal) - ANSWER-guinea pigs
rodents
rabbits
chinchillas
Tularemia AKA Rabbit Fever (Bacterial) - ANSWER-rabbits
rodents
Plague (Bacterial) - ANSWER-rodents
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Pseudotuberculosis (Bacterial) - ANSWER-rodents
Rat Bite Fever (Bacterial) - ANSWER-rodents
Leptospirosis (Bacterial) - ANSWER-rodents
Hantavirus (Viral) - ANSWER-mice
Giardiasis (Protozoal Parasite) - ANSWER-NHP
Herpes Virus Simiae (B Virus) - ANSWER-NHP
NHP - ANSWER-non-human primate
BSL 1 - ANSWER-not known to cause disease in healthy adults
basic safety procedures
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BSL 2 - ANSWER-moderate risk infectious agents or toxins which
must be inhaled, swallowed or exposed to skin
BSL 3 - ANSWER-infectious agents or toxins that are transmitted
through the air and cause potentially lethal infection through
inhalation but there is a vaccine or therapy available
biosafety cabinet (BSC)
BSL 4 - ANSWER-high risk of aerosol transmitted infectious
agents or toxins for which no vaccine or therapy is available
Infectious diseases - ANSWER-bacterial
viruses
fungus
parasites
Congenital - ANSWER-born with but not necessarily genetic