Ch. 11 Animal Procurement and Quarantine

Ch.11 Animal procurement and quarentine WB


  1. what is the class of dealer who breeds their own animals for sale to research facilities?


  1. what class of dealer obtains animals from random sources, conditions them, and sell them to research facilities? 


  1. name three work practices that can be used to minimize the risk of transmitting disease between animals and quarantine and those in the established colonies


  1. List four items of general information about the animals that should be provided on an animal procurement fourm


  1. What term refers to the types of organisms that an animal is carrying? Microbiological status


  1. What is the term for the separation of newly receive rodents from those already in the facility until the microbial status of the newly received animals has been determined? Quarantine.


  1. Animal housing for which the primary goal is keeping an experimental infectious agent restricted within the population is called containment


  1. Why do health documents from the vendor accompanying an animal shipment not exempt the animals from quarantine? The animals may have been exposed to infectious agents in transit.


  1. If an animal is exposed to a pathogen while in transit to a research facility, typically how long is it before the animal will test positive for the passive pathogen? 2 to 3 weeks.


  1.  conventional: animals that carry an unknown uncontrolled variety and number of organisms

 Specific pathogen free:  animals that are carefully monitored to be sure that they do not harbor certain pathogenic organisms


Germ-free: animals that harbor no detectable bacteria, viruses or other microorganisms also known as axenic 


Gnotobiotic or  defined flora: animals nearly devoid of microorganisms, but which have been provided with known bacteria.


  1. List three things that determine the period of time needed for an animal acclamation and conditioning upon arrival to an institution. Species motive, transportation, and intended use.


  1. This two documents that the technician should compare to confirm that the animals received are the ones orderedd… purchase orders, and shipping invoices


  1. What documents typically contain the species or strain of the animal, investigators name, protocol number and contact information the source of the animal and may contain a barcode? Cage card.


  1. What procedure should an animal technician perform before disposing of an animal ship container and double check the container for any remaining animals


  1. Describe why wild caught animals should be housed away from the rest of the animals in the facilityy… wild animals have unknown health status, and they are more likely to carry parasites and pathogens and ads purchased from a dealer.