Ammonia Levels in Animal Care Systems CagesCategory: Case StudiesTags: Animal Welfare and Diseases, Optimice, Optirat GenII, Optirat Plus, Room/Cage EnvironmentCage ammonia and other environmental parameters were measured in all three Animal Care Systems rack types (Optimice®, Optirat® Plus and…Read More
Ammonia Levels and Reproductive Performance of CD1(ICR) Mice in an Optimice® Rack Using Two Different Styles of Cage FiltersCategory: PostersTags: Animal Welfare and Diseases, Optimice, Room/Cage EnvironmentAn evaluation of breeding performance, cage airflow and ammonia levels in flat filter Optimice cages to ensure they were comparable…Read More
Let it Flow: A Closer Look at the Quality and Sterility of Standard NSG Mouse Drinking WaterCategory: PostersTags: Animal Welfare and Diseases, OptimiceThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality and sterility of acidified water and acidified autoclaved water over…Read More
Analysis of Paired Breeder Performance in an Animal Care Systems Optimice® Ventilated Rack After Transfer from Both Open-Top Cages and a Motorized Ventilated RackCategory: PostersTags: Animal Welfare and Diseases, OptimiceA comparison of breeding performance in this low-flow ventilated carousel rack to our motorized ventilated library-style rack and open-top cages.…Read More
Evaluation of Exhaust Air Dust PCR Testing of the Bedding Sentinel Cage FilterCategory: PostersTags: Animal Welfare and Diseases, OptimiceThe evaluation of a filter sampling method compared to test results with results obtained using traditional methods for soiled bedding…Read More
Blower-Free IVC System TechnologyCategory: Training VideosTags: Instructions, Optimice, Optirat GenII, Optirat Plus, SMART SystemEver wonder about the revolutionary Animal Care Systems IVC rack system technology? Watch this video to learn what sets us…Read More
IVC Rack Status MonitorCategory: Training VideosTags: Instructions, Optimice, Optirat GenII, Optirat Plus, SMART SystemTo ensure continuous and adequate airflow to your IVC rack system for rats and mice, watch this instructional video on…Read More
IVC Rack AnemometerCategory: Training VideosTags: Instructions, Optimice, Optirat GenII, Optirat Plus, SMART SystemNeed to spot check airflow to your IVC rack system? Here’s how you can use the ACS rack anemometer to…Read More
Effect of Chronic Inhalation of Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles (Tarkosil 25) On the Expression of Key Genes of the Serotonergic System in the Mouse BrainCategory: Published StudiesTags: Human Welfare and Diseases, OptimiceThe chronic inhalation of silicon dioxide nanoparticles does not activate nonspecific immunity in the brain, but it exerts contrasting genotype-specific…Read More
Unexpected Phenotypic Effects of a Transgene Integration Causing a Knockout of the Endogenous Contactin-5 Gene in MiceCategory: Published StudiesTags: Human Welfare and Diseases, OptimiceThis paper reports a novel Cntn5 knockout mouse line generated by a random transgene integration as an outcome of pronuclear…Read More