ALAT Training Chapters 1213

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ALAT Training Chapters 12-13
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Recognition of Disease 100

• Multiple Choice Who is usually the first person
  to identify, document and report a sick animal?
• Principal Investigator
• Animal Technician
• Lab Animal Veterinarian
• Research Technician

b) Animal Technician
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Recognition of Disease 200

• Define ALOPECIA

Hair Loss
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Recognition of Disease 300

• Name two clinical signs seen in sick mice

Hunched posture Scruffy hair coat Emaciation
(thin) Reluctant to eat and/or drink
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Recognition of Disease 400

• Multiple Choice Dyspnea frequently indicates a
  problem with which body system?
• Urogenital
• Integument
• Respiratory
• Gastrointestinal

c) Respiratory
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Recognition of Disease 500

• Define Pruritus

Excessive scratching (persistent itch)
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Disease 100

• Define Disease

Any alteration of normal anatomy or physiology
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Disease 200

• Multiple Choice Circadian rhythm refers to
• Rate that crickets reproduce
• Direction that circling mice circle
• A specific light/dark cycle
• Sound cicadas make at night

c) A specific light/dark cycle
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Disease 300

• Name three TYPES of disease-causing organisms.

Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, Protozoa, Helminths,
Arthropods
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Disease 400

• Multiple Choice Any living organism that carries
  (transmits) disease-causing microbes (infectious
  agents) is a
• Fomite
• Mutation
• Vector
• Research Technician

c) Vector
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Disease 500

• Multiple Choice Which of the following are
  important parts of a good Health Monitoring
  program?
• Sentinels and vaccinations
• Soiled cage bedding and fresh food
• Sentinels, necropsy and blood testing
• Blood testing, food analysis and biohazards

c) Sentinels, necropsy and blood testing
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Drugs100

• Multiple Choice Which of the following doesnt
  fit in this list?
• Anthelmintic
• Insecticide
• Antiprotozoal
• Anesthetic

d) Anesthetic
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Drugs 200

• Multiple Choice The word used to describe when
  drugs are administered into muscle is
• Intraperitoneal (IP)
• Intracardiac (IC)
• Intramuscular (IM)
• Subcutaneous (SQ)

c) Intramuscular (IM)
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Drugs 300

• Multiple Choice Which parenteral injection
  method is most dangerous?
• Subcutaneous (SQ)
• Intradermal (ID)
• Intravenous (IV)
• Intracardiac (IC)

d) Intracardiac (IC)
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Drugs 400

• Multiple Choice Which words go together the
  best?
• Gavage/Oral
• Topical/Intradermal
• Inhalation/Antibiotic
• Rectal/Intraperitoneal

a) Gavage/Oral
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Drugs 500

• Multiple Choice Which of the following does not
  belong?
• Isoflurane
• Carbaryl
• Ketamine
• Buprenorphine

b) Carbaryl
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Diseases and Records 100

• Multiple Choice At the LASC, an abnormal
  condition in an animal is recorded on
• A green card, the problem log
• A blue card
• The problem log
• The animal health summary sheet

a) The problem log
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Diseases and Records 200

• Multiple Choice Typical signs of respiratory
  disease include
• Coughing, sneezing, nasal discharge
• Paralysis, alopecia
• Diarrhea, vomiting
• Bleeding, rectal prolapse

a) Coughing, sneezing, nasal discharge
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Diseases and Records 300

• Multiple Choice All entries in a health record
  or problem log should contain
• Facts and interpretations
• Technicians initials and date
• Date and interpretations of findings
• Animal I.D. and temperature

b) Technicians initials and date
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Diseases and Records 400

• Multiple Choice (two) Eating a large amount of
  a toxic substance will cause
• a) Infectious disease
• b) Noninfectious disease

b) Noninfectious disease
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Diseases and Records 500

• Multiple Choice What happens at the LASC after
  a technician puts a Green card on a sick animals
  cage?
• Lab Animal veterinarian examines animal
• Research Technician calls the PI
• Supervisor examines animal, contacts PI and makes
  notes in problem log
• Animal technician treats animal with antibiotics

c) Supervisor examines animal, contacts PI and
makes notes in problem log
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All Together Now 100

• Multiple Choice Isolation of a sick animal
  means
• It is separated from healthy animals
• It is vaccinated against common disease causing
  organisms
• It is euthanized
• It is incinerated

a) It is separated from healthy animals
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All Together Now 200

• Multiple Choice A typical weanling mouse is
  about ___ weeks old and weighs about ___ grams.
• 2 weeks, 30 grams
• 2 weeks, 15 grams
• 3 weeks, 30 grams
• 3 weeks, 15 grams

d) 3 weeks, 15 grams
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All Together Now 300

• Two Choices If a tumor is described as being
  on the caudal part of a rabbits chest, it is
  closer to her
• Head
• Tail

b) Tail
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All Together Now 400

• Multiple Choice 22 C is __F?
• 12
• 1.8
• 72
• 84

c) 72 (1.8 x 22) 32
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All Together Now 500

• Two Choices The pulmonary artery takes blood
  ______ the heart.
• to
• from

a) to