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Which animal has the shortest gestation period?
Serian hamster (16 days)
Which animal has longest gestation period?
Chinchilla (111 days)
Cause of Tyzzer’s Disease?
Clostridium piliforme
Animal likely to get fusion of pelvic symphisis? Guinea Pig(not bred by 6mon)
What animal has cheek pouches?
Hamsters
Animal with no gallbladder?
Rats
Pheromones 3 effects?
a. Bruce- block of pregnancy when recently mated females are placed with strange males
b. Whitten- when previously grouped females are paired with males resulting in a higher
incidence in mating the third night after pairing
c. Lee - Anestrus pseudopregnancy caused by female pheromone detected after grouping
females
Hepatococcidiosis in Rabbits? Eimeria stediae
Most common protozoal parasite in guinea pigs?
Cryptosporidium
Guinea pigs need Vitamin C to prevent scurvey because ? lack L-gulunolactone oxidase
Cause of Septicemic Cutaneous Ulcerative Dermatitis in turtles? Citrobacter freundii
What organism causes rat bite fever in humans? Streptobacillus moniliformis, Spirillum minus
How many teeth does new world monkey have? 36
An all fruit diet in new world monkeys(chimps/great apes) causes? Calcium deficiceny
Most common respiratory disease in old world monkeys? Tuberculosis
Distance between anal and genital opening to sex rodents: females shorter, males longer
Why not house guinea pigs and rabbits together? Bordatella bronchiseptica
Animal that has incisor teeth at birth? Hamster
Animal born with eyes open? Guinea pig
Cause of infective stomatitis in snakes due to oral trauma? Aeromonas hydrophila
Zoonotic viral disease in rodents? Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
Bacterial zoonotic disease in rodents? Salmonella typhimurium
Pseudotuberculosis in rodents is caused by? Corynebacterium kutscheri
Coccidial agents in rabbits? E. magna, E. perforans, E. irresidua, E. media (E. stediae is hepatic)
What animal can be hypnotized? Rabbits
Lymphocytic disease in fish is caused by? Iridioviridae virus
White spot disease in fish? Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, protozoan parasite
Gram negative spore forming bacteria that causes Tyzzers ds.? Clostridium piliformis
Animals in Order lagomorpha? Rabbit, Hare and Cottontails
Guinea pigs that develop Diabetes mellitus? Abysynnian
Guinea pig with long silky hair? Peruvian
Gestation period and chromosome # in Syrian hamster? 44, 16
Gestation period and chromosome number in Chinese hamster? 22, 21
Temperature an humidity that causes ringtail in rats? >80 degree, < 40% humidity
Ringtail is caused by what fungal disease? Trycophyton
Acidification of water with chlorine will eliminate? Pseudomonas
Old world monkey s have how many teeth? 32
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Animal with peg teeth behind upper incisors? Rabbit
Animal that gets hereditary epilepsy? Gerbils
Animals that nurse babies only once a day? Rabbit
Pinworm diagnosed by cellophane tape? Syphacia muris
Rabbit pinworm? Passalurus ambiguus
Animal with 2 cervix and uterine horns? Rabbits
Ectromelia = mouse pox
New world monkeys require what vitamins frequently? B3 and D (old world monkeys don’t)
Cause of Snuffles in rabbits? Pasturella multocida
Rabbits are intermediate host of? Taenia pisiformis (dog tapeworm)
Murine Colonic Hyperplasia is caused by? Citrobacter rodentia
Gorilla, Chimps, and orangutans are? Greater Apes
Antibiotic that causes enterocolitis in hamsters? : dihydrostreptomycin, lincocin ,
erythrocin, penicillin, Vancomycin, clindamycin
51. Newly imported monkeys need to be quarantined for? 31 days (3 Tb test)
52. Young turtles with open mouth breathing and swollen eyes? Vitamin A deficiency
53. Gestation period in gerbils is? 26 days
54. Vitamin A deficiency in pregnant rabbits causes? Hydrocephalus in young
55. Anestrus pseudopregnancy caused by female pheromone detected after grouping females? Lee
effect
56. Animal welfare act? 1966 by USDA
57. Number of toes a guinea pigs has? 4 forelimb, 3 hindlimb
58. Where is scent marking gland in hamster? Flank
59. Malocclusion is common in guinea pigs? premolars and molars
60. Location of mammary glands in Guinea Pigs? Inguinal
61. Induced ovulators? Ferrets and rabbits
62. Whirling disease in fish is caused by and reportable to who? Myxosoma cerebralis, Fish and
Wildlife commission – US department of Interior
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Snake mite? Ophionyssus natricis
Fish diseases reportable in US? Whirling disease
Earmite of rabbit is caused by? Psoroptes cunniculi
Fur mite of rabbit? Cheyletiella parasitivorax
Tuberculin injection for monkeys is? 1500 units
New world monkeys have? flat noses
Old world monkeys have? pointed noses
Whitton effect? Synchronizes estrus
Flaccid paralysis in gerbils is caused by? Dihydrostreptomycin toxicity
Steatitis in snakes caused by? Feeding them fat white rats
Bacteria that causes cervical lymphadenitis? Strep. Zooepidemicus
Lucke's renal adenocarcinoma in frogs is caused by? Herpes virus
Most common bacteria contaminating water is? Pseudomonas
76. Infectious stomatitis in snakes etiology? Aeromonas hydrophila
a. If advances to osteomyelitis then no tx.
77. Erratic swimming in water by turtle is sign of? Respiratory ds.
78. B virus in old world monkeys(rhesus) can cause death in humans
79. Lack of vitamin C deficiency in guinea pigs? Hemorrhages in muscles and joints
80. Female ferret with enlarged vulva? Hyperestrogenism
81. Frog Order? Anura
82. Disease that will interfere (show up Pos) with TB test in monkeys? Measles
83. COLUMNARIS DISEASE in fish: CAUSE FLAVOBACTERIUM (FLEXIBACTER) COLUMNARIS
84. Fatal ileitis in hamsters characterized by severe diarrhea
85. Scent glands in gerbils? Abdomen
86. Animals that are monogamous? Gerbils
87. How to remove chlorine from water? Na thiosulfate, Charcoal filter, ?
88. Cause of septicemic cutanoues ulcerative disease in turtles? Citrobacter freundii
89. Snake mite? Ophionyssus natricis
a. Cause an anemia, can transmit aeromonas and iclusion body disease of boid snakes
Lesser Apes
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vs
Greater Apes
Gibbas
Siamang
New World
vs
Owl Monkey
Capuchin
Squirrel Monkey
Howler Monkey
Chimp
Gorilla
Orangutang
Old World Monkeys
African Green Monkey
Macaques (Rhesus)
Frog:
-M: thick thumb pads and tympanic membrane 2x eye
-Turtle
-M: Concave plastron, smaller-longer forelimb
-F: Flat
(OLD WORLD MONKEYS) - This family has about 14 genera whose physical
characteristics include ischial pads; a sacculated colon divided into ascending,
transverse, and descending portions with a sigmoid flexure; and no appendix
(NEW WORLD MONKEYS) - Physical characteristics shared by New World monkeys are three
premolar teeth and a nonopposable thumb; most Cebidae have widely spaced nostrils
(platyrrhine condition). Check pouches, ischial callosities, and a sigmoid flexure of the terminal
colon are absent in both neotropical families.