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VT 2100 Enviroment
Standards of care for Research Animals
Question | Answer |
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The Quality of Data is related to... | The quality of Animal Care |
The focus of Facility design is | To minimize the spread of disease |
Surgical Suites include | Prep Area Aseptic Surgery Room Recovery site |
Requirements for Storage area | Away from Animals low temp and humidity 20cm from floor and walls |
Describe Conventional Facilities | Single corridor w/ Rooms |
Describe Double Corridor Facilities | Clean and Dirty Sides Personnel cannot leave threw dirty side |
Describe Barrier Facilities | Must shower before entering Disposable clothes GERM free |
Describe Containment Facilities | INFECTIOUS disease |
Construction of Faclity must have | Waterproof & Seamless No Inward opening doors Now windows |
Define Macroenviroment | Room's Temp, Humidity, & Light |
Define Microenvioroment | Primary Enclosure |
Rodents Perfer a ______ Temp | Higher than Bunnies |
Primates Perfer a ______ Temp | Higher cuz tropical |
TNZ stands for | Thermoneutral Zone No need to cool or heat body |
Optimal Temp for animals is... | Slightly below TNZ |
Most animals like __% - __% Humidity | 45%-50% |
Rodents Prefer __% - __% Humidity | 40%-70% |
Dogs, Cats, & monkeys Prefer __% - __% Humidity | 30%-70% |
Ventilation requires ___ air exchangers per hour | 10-15 |
Positive air Pressure moves... | Room -> outside |
Positive Air Pressure keeps contaminates In/Out? | Out Ex. Surgery |
Negative Air Pressure moves... | Outside -> Room |
Negative air pressure keeps contaminates In/Out? | In Ex- Infectious rooms |
Define Diurnal | 12 hours Light 12 hours Night |
Define Pollyesturs | Light affects Breeding |
Requirements of Primary enclosure | Contained w/o restriant Observation w/o disterbence |
Polycarbonate Plastic is... | Transparent |
Polypropylene plastic is... | Opaque |
Polystyrene plastic is... | Disposable |
Define Show Box Cage | Solid Bottom w/ grid top |
Define Suspended cage | Mesh/grid bottom |
Define metabolic Cage | collects pee&Poo Food outside |
Define Gang Cage | Multiple Food and H20 areas houses groups |
Define Purpose bred | Bred For Research Class A |
Define Random Source | Shelter animals Class B |
Minimal Quarantine for all animals | 48 hours |
Define Gnotobiology | Study of animals with Flora & Fauna |
Define Conventional Gnotobiology | Unkown microflora |
Define Gnotobiotics | Well Defined microflora |
Define SPF | Specific Pathogen Free |
Define Axenic | Germ Free |
Axenic Animals require | Sterile food Dietary Supplements |
Axenic Animals Have... | Thinner walled GI and Lg lumen Grow Quicker |
Define Csaren Derived | Sterial isolation Uterus removed |
Define Barrier-Sustained | C-section maintained sterile Controlled living enviroment |
Define Sential | Suspectable to pathogens |
Define Biosaftey level I | Not contagious to humans |
Define Biosafey Level II | Causes DZ if handled impoperly (MM, ingestion, Puncture) |
Define Biosaftey Level III | Serious disease |
Biosafety Level IV | Life threatening |
Disposal of Biosaftey level I | None indicated |