USA’s Animal Care Systems installs their Individual Ventilated Cage Systems at PRADO, First Installation in India. PRADO, Preclinical Research and Development Organization Private Limited, Pune India, is one of the emerging, global, independent market leaders providing preclinical services including Toxicity testing, Efficacy studies using Animal Models for human disease, Pharmacokinetic Studies and Pathology Services to…

Peter Rodriguez, BBA, LATG Facility Manager, RAF At this point in time I have expanded my use of the Animal Care Systems racks. First of course, the closed ventilation system works great. I go on the average of 10 days having 5 mice to a cage. If I have less I can go the full…

Sharon Low-Zeddies, Ph.D. Falls Church, Virginia I am a basic researcher with a Ph.D. in Neuroscience who has been working with rodents and rodent caging for about 18 years. Animal Care System’s Optimice caging system is by far the most convenient for the researcher, and the most comfortable for the animals, of any system that…

Sally Dunwoodie, Laboratory Head The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, established in 1994, is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in biomedical research, with a focus on heart disease and cardiovascular biology. Investigators in our Institute have a strong background in animal models, using genetically engineered mice and rats for developmental studies and surgical models…

Director, Research Animal Facility Consulting and Attending Veterinarian We have been using the M.I.C.E. System for the past 4 years in our facility. We started with one rack, and we now have approximately 55 racks. We are gradually converting to all M.I.C.E. cages. Our new Transgenic Facility will be opening next month, and we are…

Timothy D. Mandrell Associate Professor and Chair I have 4 of these racks in place and have designed a new cancer center animal facility to include these racks. When that facility is operational, I should have about 20 of these racks in place. This type of caging system is cost efficient, quiet, efficient, and effective.…

Xiuli An, M.D., PhD Red Cell Physiology Lab We have been using the new mice cage for the last two years. Comparing to the old one, we found it has two advantages: one is that it takes less space, and the other one is the airflow in the room is improved. Overall, I would suggest…

Suzanne Cassidy Facility Manager Nude mice are used by several research groups at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research for immunology and tumor expression studies. The use of nude mice invariably raises concern in the selection of housing to maintain the immune-compromised status of the strain. In our experience, the nude mouse phenotype also exposes…

Suzanne Cassidy Facility Manager The Queensland Institute of Medical Research is one of the largest medical research institutes in the southern hemisphere, with programs in areas such as cellular and molecular sciences, epidemiology and population health, human genetics, cancer biology, biotechnology, infectious diseases and vaccine development. We have had the M.I.C.E. and Optimice caging systems…

Alan Stockman Building Services Engineer Queensland Insitute of Medical Research has recently installed a complete Optimice and M.I.C.E. system within its remodelled animal facility. Installation was completed using a central extract ductwork system employing the proprietary accessories supplied with, and available for, the caging system. Ventilation rates were determined using the data supplied for effective…