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Inbred are called ______ and outbred are called_______.
strains and stocks
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Scientific name for the mouse
Mus muscularis
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common strains on mice and colors
Balb/c (albino), C3H (dark brown with yellow bands), C57BL/6 (black), and DBA the oldest inbred strain (brown)
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What is transgenic
Animals that have genetic material from another animal introduced into the fertilized egg
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What is a knockout?
Animal that has had genetic material removed or blocked
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What is a nude?
Animal that has a naturally occurring genetic defect, hairless, have a deficiency in the immune system, No T3 cells so they have ½ the immune system, SCID= severe combined immune deficiency
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SCID=
severe combined immune deficiency
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Mouse temp, weight, and life span
96-99, 20-40g (newborns about 1g), and 1-3 yrs
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What is the word that mean poop eater?
coprophagy
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What are 2 ways of determining sex in rodents?
anogenital distance and males not not have nipples, only females
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Estrus every ___days in mice
4-5
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Mice have a postpartum estrus within __ of parturition
24 hours
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Gestation in mice
19-21 days
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Int the new borns what is the white spot you can usually see and is that a good thing or nad?
Milk spot: good
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Hair and eyes in mice
Usually 10-14 days; hair then eyes
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The big baby days in mice: gestation, weaning, puberty, and breeding age
19-21 days, 21 days, 4-6 weeks, and 6 weeks
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What isbarbering?
Dominant mouse chews or bites hair off of another mouse, usually in the facial region. Usually harmless, may need to separate if severe
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What does hypsodontic mean?
constantly growing teeth
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common stocks in rats
Wistar, Sprague-Dawley, Long-Evans
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common strains in rats
Fisher 344 and Lewis
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