ANSC 3272 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Body Fluid, Zoonosis, Spinal Fracture
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Rats: your rats id, tail hold only temporary transportation/restraint. Skin of the tail is loose; easily comes off (closer to the tip of the tail the more likely it is to occur: common behavior, uconn rat bite; policy. The rat is pregnant or recently had a litter (closer to parturition the more vicious rats will be: we use sprague-dawley rats, rats will look forward to being held toward the end of the semester. Hamsters: females body size is larger than males of equivalent age/strain, females are more prone to aggression than males. When females are in estrus, they are particularly volatile. Guinea pigs: generally docile, easy to handle however, some will scratch and/or bite, highly excitable, restrain/carry with two hands. Grasp scruff of neck and support majority of body weight with other hand under rump-fingers between rear legs. Gerbils (mongolian: gerbils are very similar to guinea pigs/rats in lab animal science. Only mammalian model system to study human epilepsy.
