SMART System Heated USB Rack

Integrated Thermal Comfort for Your Animals

SMART System Heated Rack for water bottles or water bags complete with one 6-foot hose, cages not included

The SMART System is an IVC rack system that offers 10 Optimice laboratory heated mouse cage stations with heated comfort under a portion of the cage floor.

The mice thermoneutral zone is between 26 and 34 degrees Celsius; however typical housing rooms are kept between 21 and 26 C. Cold-stressed mice in any rodent cage develop dramatic changes in physiology, behavior, and immune function and skew experimental results.

Robust mice cope by using nesting material, but many mice benefit from having thermal support. SMART System, thermal comfort USB powered, rack, includes 10 Optimice heated mouse cage stations, with two USB powering ports per station

Recommendations: The SMART System has a 20 cage capacity and is compatible with Optimice caging products. Typically customers will order 40 cages in order to have enough cages available for cage change out. We also recommend purchasing our Blockparty enrichment cages C79110PBPDF and connecting tubes C79BP050 for some or all of the cages to provide enrichment by increasing cage complexity and living space.

Typical products purchased with this rack are:

• Optimice Standard Cage Bottom: C79110PF
• Optimice/Optirat GenII Standard Bottle and Cap Assembly: C79122P
• Optimice Large Capacity Feeder: C40103
• Optimice Standard Cage Top: C79290P
• Optimice Standard Cage Card Holder Assembly: C79253
• SMART System Surface Thermometer: C48440
• Airflow and Static Pressure Magnehelic Gauge for Racks: C79355