MOUSE
|
1 |
Zoological
Name
|
|
Mus
musculus
|
|
2 |
Adult
body weight
|
g |
25-40 |
|
3 |
Approximate
life span |
Year |
2-3 |
|
4 |
Breeding
season |
|
Continuous |
|
5 |
Age
at first mating |
Weeks |
6-8 |
|
6 |
Duration
of oestrus |
Days |
4-5 |
|
7 |
Gestation
period |
Days |
19-21 |
|
8 |
Approximate
litter size |
|
6-12 |
|
9 |
Age
at weaning |
Days |
21 |
|
10 |
Rectal
temperature |
deg
C |
37.4 |
|
11 |
Respiratory
rate |
rate/min. |
84-230 |
|
12 |
Pulse
rate |
rate/min. |
120 |
Diet
Wheat, barely, maize, oats with skim milk, fish meal, bone flour, soyabean vitamins and minerals.
[For stock animals – 10% protein, for breeding animals - 22% protein]
Remarks : To differentiate male and female ; the anogenital space is larger in male than female,
in female the urogenital opening is cone shaped and in male it is spade/square shaped.
