ALAT Chapter 10

Which one of the following is a characteristic to take into account when choosing a bedding?

• Comfort

• Availably

• Absorbency

• Cleanliness

What is referred to as the microenvironment?

• The room

• Inside the cage

• The cage wash area

• The facility

What date is stamped on an animal feed bag?

• Mill date

• Package Date

• Use by date

• Made date

What is one way to permanently identify an animal?

• Collar

• Cage card

• Markings

• Microchip

If an animal needs to get a necropsy, its carcass should not be?

• Moved from the cage/box

• Refrigerated

• Frozen

• Kept at room temperature

What animals must always be permanently identified, as mandated by the AWA/AWR?

• Cats, Dogs and Nonhuman Primates

• Rabbits, Dogs and Cats

• Nonhuman Primates, Pigs and Dogs

• Cats, ferrets and Goats

Water should be provided ad libitum, what does that mean?

• Only available during the day

• Always available

• Water provided by bottle

• Only available duing certain hours

When changing an animal's diet it should be done how?

• Give new diet on day one

• Give half old and half new

• Their diet should not be changed

• Gradually

What does NPO stand for?

• Nothing per ounce

• No per organization

• "Nil per os"

  Nothing by mouth

• Nothing per other

Why does cotton fiber make a good nesting material for rodents?

• Cheap and they tear easily

• Dust free and autoclavable

• Autoclavable and cheap

• Dust free and full of chemicals