• What Light Levels are Best for My Rodent Housing Rooms?

    This may not be the right question to ask any longer. As we continue to get more sophisticated in our understanding of mouse welfare and ways experiments are affected by non-experimental variables, it is becoming more apparent that we should be asking: What are optimal light levels for laboratory rodents? It’s important to understand that…

  • What is the Best Airflow and Airflow Patterns in an Individually Ventilated Cage?

    THE FIRST INDIVIDUALLY VENTILATED CAGING SYSTEMS (IVC) were brought onto the laboratory animal market about 40 years ago. Those systems then and now are known as forced-air systems: using motors they force air into and out of the cage through small holes, usually smaller than the size of a small coin. This results in high…