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Optimice Divider with Social Holes
This rodent cage divider separates mice but still allows the animals to see, hear, and smell a cage mate. This divider with social holes also permits limited tactile contact within the same laboratory mouse cage.
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Optimice Air Flow Pattern, Visualized by Using Smoke Test
You’ve heard about our unique patented one-pass laminar lowest airflow technology, unlike high-velocity forced turbulent air motorized systems. Now watch this revolutionary safe and calm airflow technology in action.
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Do Different Caging Systems Affect the Outcome of Behavioral Tests in C57BL/6J Male Mice?
Different caging systems may influence the exploratory and anxiety-like behavior of laboratory mice. Differences related to: The design of the cages; Air changes per hour; Noise and pheromones. It is essential to take into account the housing conditions when designing and performing experimental protocols as well as when reporting, analyzing, and systematically reviewing the results…
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RoMon: An Open-Source Web-Based Solution for Rodent Behavioural Training and Monitoring
Measuring behavioural phenotypes in animals in their home-cage environment is important for assessing the effects of experimental manipulations. Existing solutions do not accommodate either complete automation of multi-stage training processes involving large numbers of animals. Keywords: automation, automated animal training, automated animal monitoring, behavior, Optimice, mice, mouse Citation: Singh, S. RoMon: An Open-Source Web-Based Solution…
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Optimizing the Design for Delivering Food and Liquid to Mice with Head Implants
Partnering with Animal Care Systems, we designed a water bottle feeder combination to allow ad lib water and food consumption without compromising the head implants in our OptiRat Plus® and OptiMice® caging systems. Keywords: welfare, behavior, head implanted animal model, head implant, installation, efficiency, Optimice, Optirat Plus, mice, mouse, rat Citation: Optimizing the Design for…
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Nesting Enrichment and Shredding Prevention for Mice
The data indicates that the brown crinkle paper with or without a Nestlet or Enrich-n’Nest allows CD-1 mice to build more complex nests. Brown crinkle paper alone also resulted in a significant decrease in shredding of the 5053 LabDiet used in this study. Keywords: welfare, housing effects, food grinding, shredding, behavior, Optimice, mouse, mice Citation:…
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Initial Observations on Connected Cage Communities of Mice
The differential responses of both sexes of mice to connected versus isolated caging in this initial study raises attractive possibilities for more complex behavioral studies, breeding via expanded harems, and other scenarios using this housing apparatus. Keywords: welfare, housing effects, alternate housing, tubes, cage connectors, behavior, Blockparty, Optimice, mouse, mice Citation: Pritchett‐Corning, K. Initial Observations…
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An Evaluation of BlockParty Caging for Co-Housing Large Groups of Mice
Blockparty for Optimice is an alternative housing arrangement that connects 10 cages on the same row of a ventilated rack, permitting up to 50 adult mice to be housed together while meeting the cage space recommendations in the Guide. This housing system was evaluated to compare how adult male and female CD-1 mice fared when…
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Effects on Different Caging Systems on Behavioural Testing in Mice
Based on our findings it seems that (i) different caging systems have differential effects on locomotor activity, (ii) MFVC housed mice display a lower level of anxiety-like behaviour, (iii) the light-dark box test showed that mice have increased transitions without increased general locomotor activity, further research is needed to clarify this behaviour. Keywords: welfare, housing…
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The Effect of Different Ventilated Caging Systems on the Growth Rate of C57BI/6J Male Mice
Different ACH as well as the turnover of dry air, the created noise or vibration and the differences on the cage design and structure could be some of the factors which may influence the growth rate of animals. Further research is now needed to clarify the exact mechanism of this altered growth rate. Keywords: welfare,…