Rodent Cage Technology Evolves Beyond the Simple Holding Vessel

Innovations designed to improve animal life, reduce costs, and enhance research are happening at the cage level.

Wirelessly-Powered Cage Designs for Supporting Long-Term ...

In modern implantable medical devices (IMDs), wireless power transmission (WPT) between inside and outside of the animal body is essential ...

High-throughput automated home-cage mesoscopic functional ...

Mouse head-fixed behaviour coupled with functional imaging has become a powerful technique in rodent systems neuroscience.

Influence of 5 Different Caging Types and the Use of Cage ...

Animal allergens constitute a serious health risk in laboratory animal facilities. To assess possibilities for allergen reduction by technical and ...

A Guide to Research Rodent Housing - Charles River Laboratories

... out of the cage. By contrast, ventilated ... Each isolator functions as a small animal holding room in which animals are maintained in open cages.

Open Field Test - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

Open field test was utilized to assess exploratory locomotor activity (eLMA), measured as distance traveled by each mouse within a testing chamber. eLMA is a ...

Rodent Behavior | Research at Penn State

Animals should be allowed to dry in a warm environment after removal from the tank. Absorbent towel(s) may be placed in the holding cage to collect water ...

Measurement of cardiac function using pressure–volume ...

Measurement of cardiac function using pressure–volume conductance catheter technique in mice and rats ... Thanks to advances in miniature sensor technology, this ...

Comfortable Quarters for laboratory animals

example, keeping mice in metabolic cages overnight is not necessary if single urine or feces ... of a holding tank. Constant engagement in these aggressive ...

SURGICAL - Harvard Apparatus

For more information see page 60. NEW Catheters for Mouse and Rat. Harvard Apparatus is proud to offer these new catheters for target vessels in ...

The Rodent Experiments of John B. Calhoun & Their Cultural Influence

individual laboratory cage. Be that as it may, a population of only 150 seemed surprisingly low. What had happened? Employed in the Laboratory of Psychology ...

FAQs - AAALAC International

Validation of a simple, ethologically relevant paradigm for assessing anxiety in mice. ... cage, animal holding room aisle or facility corridor, etc. The staff ...

CCAC guidelines: Rats - Canadian Council on Animal Care

While it has been suggested that maximum ammonia levels within cages should be 50 ppm (Allmann-Iselin, 2000), data from other rodent species indicate that.

Hindlimb unloading rodent model: technical aspects

Hindlimb unloading of rodents in a head-down position is the newest of the models for simulating weightlessness. EVOLUTION OF THE RAT HINDLIMB UNLOADING MODEL.

Breeding Strategies for Maintaining Colonies of Laboratory Mice

Fostering mice is relatively simple. ... This does not include genotyping. Calculation of cost. (62 breeder cages + 20 wean/holding boxes) x ($550/cage/year) = ...

Breeding Strategies for Maintaining Colonies of Laboratory Mice

Fostering mice is relatively simple. ... This does not include genotyping. Calculation of cost. (62 breeder cages + 20 wean/holding boxes) x ($550/cage/year) = ...

Animal Welfare Act and Animal Welfare Regulations

technological advances in identification techniques, such as microchip ... of any live guinea pig or hamster at the animal holding area of the terminal ...

A simplified necropsy technique for mice: making the most of ...

In small animal units and in particular out of normal working hours there may not be the time or expertise available to attempt a careful ...

AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2020 Edition*

volume/min is recommended for rodents.15,63,65,142. Consideration should be given to the benefits of us- ing a darkened home cage, while also keeping in mind ...

APPLIED ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES MANUAL

... squirrel-cage type. Main coolant pumps on submarines employ pole changing speed control. 1.5.2 — Synchronous Motors. A synchronous motor is the same in ...